Hypertext Webster Gateway: "displace"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
displace
v 1: take the place of
2: force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
[syn: {force out}]
3: move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and
foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people" [syn:
{uproot}, {deracinate}]
4: cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense;
"Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my
money to another bank"; "The director moved more
responsibilities onto his new assistant" [syn: {move}]
5: remove or force from a position of dwelling previously
occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into
her office space" [syn: {dislodge}, {bump}]
6: put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The
colonists displaced the natives" [syn: {dislocate}]
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