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(v)
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
"; "
We
need
to
replace
the
secretary
that
left
a
month
ago
"; "
the
insurance
will
replace
th
(v)
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
"
(v)
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
"
(v)
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
"
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supervene upon
supplant
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