Dictionary definition · replace
verb
- substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)"He replaced the old razor blade"
- take the place or move into the position of"Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"
- put something back where it belongs"replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items"the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).