DISPLACES

Verb

displaces

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of displace

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Source: Wiktionary


DISPLACE

Dis*place", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Displacing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + place: cf. F. déplacer.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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