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.
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   2. To crowd out; to take the place of.
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            Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those
            seas.                                 --London
                                                  Times.
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   3. To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to
      discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the
      revenue.
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   4. To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obs.]
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            You have displaced the mirth.         --Shak.

   Syn: To disarrange; derange; dismiss; discard.
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