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(dis läj′)

transitive verb dislodged, dislodging

to force from a position or place where lodged, hiding, etc.; drive out

Origin: ME disloggen < OFr deslogier: see dis- & lodge

intransitive verb

to leave a lodging place

Related Forms:

dislodgment noun

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verb dis·lodged, dis·lodg·ing, dis·lodg·es

verb, transitive

To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.

verb, intransitive

To move or go from a dwelling or former position.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English disloggen

Origin: , from Old French deslogier

Origin: : des-, dis-

Origin: + logier, to lodge (from loge, shed, of Germanic origin)

Related Forms:

dis·lodgeˈment, dis·lodgˈment noun

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