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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dislocate \Dis"lo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dislocated}; p. pr & vb n. {Dislocating}.] [LL. dislocatus p. p. of dislocare; dis- + locare to place fr locus place See {Locus}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dislocated adj : separated at the joint; "a dislocated knee"; "a separated shoulder" [syn: {disjointed}, {separated}]
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