Definition of place

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Place (n.) To put or set in a particular rank, office, or position; to surround with particular circumstances or relations in life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life; as, in whatever sphere one is placed..

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Extol :: Extol (v. t.) To place on high; to lift up; to elevate.
Apply :: Apply (v. t.) To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body..
Replace :: Replace (v. t.) To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed..
Propinquity :: Propinquity (n.) Nearness in place; neighborhood; proximity.
Dislocation :: Dislocation (n.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations..
Waterwork :: Waterwork (n.) Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry..
Nut :: Nut (n.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place..
Caryatid :: Caryatid (n.) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster..
Liberty :: Liberty (n.) The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised..
By-place :: By-place (n.) A retired or private place.
Slough :: Slough (n.) A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
Soil :: Soil (n.) That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.
Housing :: Housing (n.) A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc..
Jew''s-harp :: "Jew's-harp (n.) An instrument of music, which, when placed between the teeth, gives, by means of a bent metal tongue struck by the finger, a sound which is modulated by the breath; -- called also Jew's-trump..
Replaceable :: Replaceable (a.) Admitting of having its place supplied by a like thing or an equivalent; as, the lost book is replaceable..
Grasshopper :: Grasshopper (n.) In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; -- called also the hopper..
Foy :: Foy (n.) A feast given by one about to leave a place.
Sedge :: Sedge (n.) Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species..
To :: To (prep.) The preposition to primarily indicates approach and arrival, motion made in the direction of a place or thing and attaining it, access; and also, motion or tendency without arrival; movement toward; -- opposed to from..
Naumachy :: Naumachy (n.) A show or spectacle representing a sea fight; also, a place for such exhibitions..
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