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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DISPLACED, pp. Removed from the proper place; deranged; disordered; removed from an office or state.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Displace Dis*place", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Displacing.] [Pref. dis- + place: cf. F. d['e]placer.] 1. 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. 2. To crowd out; to take the place of. Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those seas. --London Times. 3. To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue. 4. To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obs.] You have displaced the mirth. --Shak. Syn: To disarrange; derange; dismiss; discard.
