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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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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