replaced crystal

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replaced crystal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Replace \Re*place"\ (r?-pl?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + place: cf. F.
     replacer.]
     1. To place again; to restore to a former place, position,
        condition, or the like.
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              The earl . . . was replaced in his government.
                                                    --Bacon.
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     2. To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of
        money borrowed.
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     3. To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace
        a lost document.
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              With Israel, religion replaced morality. --M.
                                                    Arnold.
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     4. To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull
        the end or office of.
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              This duty of right intention does not replace or
              supersede the duty of consideration.  --Whewell.
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     5. To put in a new or different place.
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     Note: The propriety of the use of replace instead of
           displace, supersede, take the place of, as in the third
           and fourth definitions, is often disputed on account of
           etymological discrepancy; but the use has been
           sanctioned by the practice of careful writers.
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     Replaced crystal (Crystallog.), a crystal having one or
        more planes in the place of its edges or angles.
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