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displace(dictionary)

displace (iou)



displace verb trans. M16.
[Partly from DIS- 2 + PLACE noun1; partly after French desplacer (now de-), from des- DIS- 1, 2 + PLACE noun1, placer verb to place. Cf. DEPLACE.]
Move from its proper or usual place. M16.
displaced person: removed from his or her home country by military events or political pressure.
b. fig. Remove, banish. L16-L17.
Remove from office. M16.
Replace with something else; take the place of, supplant. L18.
A. Christie She displaced Midge from the sofa, settled Gerda there. J. Barzun The notion of helping a child has..displaced that of teaching him.
displacea'bility noun L19.
displaceable adjective L17.
displacer noun L16.