Definition of displace

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Displace (v. t.) To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue..

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Fata Morgana :: Fata Morgana () A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily..
Supplant :: Supplant (n.) To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince..
Displacency :: Displacency (n.) Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike.
Unshipment :: Unshipment (n.) The act of unshipping, or the state of being unshipped; displacement..
Dislocate :: Dislocate (v. t.) To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones..
Remove :: Remove (v. t.) To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building..
Displacer :: Displacer (n.) One that displaces.
Discompose :: Discompose (v. t.) To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace.
Screw :: Screw (n.) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th Pitch, 10 (b)). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis..
Displacement :: Displacement (n.) The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body..
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..
Start :: Start (v. i.) To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure..
Fracted :: Fracted (a.) Having a part displaced, as if broken; -- said of an ordinary..
Repositor :: Repositor (n.) An instrument employed for replacing a displaced organ or part.
Displaceable :: Displaceable (a.) Capable of being displaced.
Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal.
Displant :: Displant (v. t.) To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants..
Displace :: Displace (v. t.) To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue..
Heterotopy :: Heterotopy (n.) A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells..
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..
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