Hypertext Webster Gateway: "placed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Place \Place\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Placed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Placing}.] [Cf. F. placer. See {Place}, n.]
1. To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or
place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a
particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to
place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis.

Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown. --Shak.

2. To put or set in a particular rank, office, or position;
to surround with particular circumstances or relations in
life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life;
as, in whatever sphere one is placed.

Place such over them to be rulers. --Ex. xviii.
21.

3. To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place
money in a bank.

4. To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a
friend. ``My resolution 's placed.'' --Shak.

5. To attribute; to ascribe; to set down.

Place it for her chief virtue. --Shak.

{To place} (a person), to identify him. [Colloq. U.S.]

Syn: See {Put}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

placed
adj 1: situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable
centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed
artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely
situated on a quiet riverbank" [syn: {located}, {set},
{situated}]
2: put in position in relation to other things; "end tables
placed conveniently"


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