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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Displaceable :: Displaceable (a.) Capable of being displaced.
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..
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..
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..
Reduce :: Reduce (n.) To restore to its proper place or condition, as a displaced organ or part; as, to reduce a dislocation, a fracture, or a hernia..
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..
Unhinge :: Unhinge (v. t.) To displace; to unfix by violence.
Displacency :: Displacency (n.) Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike.
Dislocation :: Dislocation (n.) The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced..
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..
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..
Displantation :: Displantation (n.) The act of displanting; removal; displacement.
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..
Break :: Break (v. t.) An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current..
Displacement :: Displacement (n.) The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place..
Thrum :: Thrum (n.) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
Discompose :: Discompose (v. t.) To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace.
Volvulus :: Volvulus (n.) Any twisting or displacement of the intestines causing obstruction; ileus. See Ileus.
Displacer :: Displacer (n.) The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement.
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..
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