Dislocate
Pronunciation : Dis"lo*cate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [LL. dislocatus, p. p. of dislocare; dis- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus.]
Definition : Defn: To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones. Shak. After some time the strata on all sides of the globe were dislocated. Woodward. And thus the archbishop's see, dislocated or out of joint for a time, was by the hands of his holiness set right again. Fuller.
t. [imp. & p. p. Dislocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dislocating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Dis"lo*cate
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [LL. dislocatus, p. p.]
Definition : Defn: Dislocated. Montgomery.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913