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Displace
Pronunciation : Dis*place"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Pref. dis- + place: cf. F. d?placer.]
Definition : 1. To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced.
2. To crowd out; to take the place of. Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those seas. London Times.
3. To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.
4. To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obs.] You have displaced the mirth. Shak.
Syn. -- To disarrange; derange; dismiss; discard.
t. [imp. & p. p. Displaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Displacing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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