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(verb) put back
put something back where it belongs
replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it; please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them
(verb) exchange, interchange, substitute
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt; substitute regular milk with fat-free milk; synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning
(verb) supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant
take the place or move into the position of
Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left; the computer has supplanted the slide rule; Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school