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displace definition

dis·place (dis plās′, dis′-)

transitive verb displaced -·placed′, displacing -·plac′·ing

  1. to move from its usual or proper place
  2. to remove from office; discharge
  3. to take the place of; supplant or replace (a person or thing that one is the cause of or occasion for removing, pushing aside, etc.) a ship displaces a certain amount of water, factory workers that have been displaced by machines

Etymology: OFr desplacer: see dis- & place

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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