Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EX-CHANGE', v.t. [Fr. echanger; Arm. eceinch; from changer, ceinch, to change.]

1. In commerce, to give one thing or commodity for another; to alienate or transfer the property of a thing and receive in compensation for it something of supposed equal value; to barter; and in vulgar language, to swap; to truck. It differs from sell, only in the kind of compensation. To sell is to alienate for money; to exchange is to alienate one commodity for another; as, to exchange horses; to exchange oxen for corn.
2. To lay aside, quit or resign one thing, state or condition, and take another in the place of it; as, to exchange a crown for a cowl; to exchange a throne for a cell or a hermitage; to exchange a life of ease for a life of toil.
3. To give and receive reciprocally; to give and receive in compensation the same thing. Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet. Shak.
4. To give and receive the like thing; as, to exchange thoughts; to exchange work; to exchange blows; to exchange prisoners. It has with before the person receiving the thing given, and for before the equivalent. Will you exchange horses with me? Will you exchange your horse for mine?