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displaced |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Displace \Dis*place"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Displaced}; p. pr & vb n. {Displacing}.] [Pref. dis- + place: cf F. d['e]placer.] 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.
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