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Replace and Capture

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. )
    • usage: "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"
  • Take the place or move into the position of.
    • usage: "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"
  • Put something back where it belongs.
    • usage: "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"
  • Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items.
    • usage: "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"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
  • (v.t.) To put in a new or different place.
  • (v.t.) To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition or the like.
  • (v.t.) To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of.
  • (v.t.) To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document.
  • (v.t.) To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
capture

noun

  • The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property.
  • A process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field.
  • Any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle.
  • The act of taking of a person by force.
  • The removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board.

verb

  • Succeed in representing or expressing something intangible.
    • usage: "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea"
  • Attract; cause to be enamored.
    • usage: "She captured all the men's hearts"
  • Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase.
    • usage: "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief"
  • Bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit.
    • usage: "This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons"; "The star captured a comet"
  • Take possession of by force, as after an invasion.
    • usage: "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
  • Capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping.
    • usage: "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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