Definition of displace

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Displace (v. t.) 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..

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Displacer :: Displacer (n.) One that displaces.
Antevert :: Antevert (v. t.) To displace by anteversion.
Throw :: Throw (n.) The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow..
Extendant :: Extendant (a.) Displaced.
Dislocation :: Dislocation (n.) The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced..
Unhinge :: Unhinge (v. t.) To displace; to unfix by violence.
Sou :: Sou (n.) An old French copper coin, equivalent in value to, and now displaced by, the five-centime piece (/ of a franc), which is popularly called a sou..
Displaceable :: Displaceable (a.) Capable of being displaced.
Permeate :: Permeate (v. t.) To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand..
Anteversion :: Anteversion (n.) A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual..
Feather :: Feather (n.) A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline..
Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep..
Start :: Start (v. t.) To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel..
Displace :: Displace (v. t.) 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..
Displacency :: Displacency (n.) Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike.
Syncopal :: Synclinorium (n.) A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and upturning..
Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced..
Displacement :: Displacement (n.) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent..
Supersede :: Supersede (v. t.) To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer..
Dislocation :: Dislocation (n.) The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced..
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