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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To crowd out; to take the place of.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those
              seas.                                 --London
                                                    Times.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
          [1913 Webster]

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 English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  displacing
     vb.
     (present participle of en displace nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  displacing
     vb.
     (present participle of en displace nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  displacing
     vb.
     (present participle of en displace nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  displacing
     vb.
     (present participle of en displace nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  displacing
     Englanti vb.
     (taivm-pprees en displace)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  displacing
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en displace ordform=prespart)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Displacing /dɪsplˈeɪsɪŋ/
  الإزاحة

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  displacing /dɪsplˈeɪsɪŋ/ 
  přemisťování