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1. 1

   To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.

   When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset.

   The earl...was replaced in his government.

   Network Rail doesn't expect the line through Carmont to open for around a month, as it faces the mammoth task of recovering the two power cars and four coaches from ScotRail's wrecked train, repairing bridge 325, stabilising earthworks around the landslip, and replacing the track.

2. 2

   To refund; to repay; to pay back.

   You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning.

   'Of course I should like to replace the damage,' said the delinquent.

3. 3

   To supply or substitute an equivalent with.

   I replaced my car with a newer model.

   The batteries were dead so I replaced them.

   Next Wednesday, four women and 15 men on the Crown Nominations Commission will gather for two days of prayer and horsetrading to replace Rowan Williams as archbishop of Canterbury.

4. 4

   To take over the position or role from.

5. 5

   To take the place of; to be used instead of.

   This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier.

   This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration.

   So my love, I dare say to you / Let's hold on fast to a love that's really true / The thought of losing you could never be erased / The love that I once knew could never be replaced

6. 6

   To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.

7. 7

   raroTo place again.

   During the bench press, it is prohibited in any federation to lift your butt from contact with the bench after you have started a bona fide attempt to perform the lift. Once you unrack the bar and begin descending it to your chest, your butt must stay in contact with the bench until you replace the bar on the rack.

8. 8

   raroTo put in a new or different place.

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