EMPLACE

emplace

(verb) put into place or position; “the box with the ancestors’ ashes was emplaced on the top shelf of the house altar”

emplace

(verb) provide a new emplacement for guns

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

emplace (third-person singular simple present emplaces, present participle emplacing, simple past and past participle emplaced)

To assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place

Anagrams

• clampee

Source: Wiktionary


Em*place", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emplaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Emplacing.] [Cf. F. emplacer. See En-; Place, v. & n.]

Definition: To put into place or position; to fix on an emplacement.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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