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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,892 words match “PLACE”

MISPLACE v.
To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence.
MISPLACEMENT n.
The act of misplacing, or the state of being misplaced.
PHASE DISPLACEMENT n.
A charge of phase whereby an alternating current attains its maximum later or earlier. An inductance would cause a lag, a capacity would cause an advance, in phase.
REPLACE v. 5 definitions
To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like. The earl . . . was replaced in his government. Bacon.
REPLACEABILITY n.
The quality, state, or degree of being replaceable.
REPLACEABLE a. 3 definitions
Capable or admitting of being put back into a place.
REPLACEMENT n. 2 definitions
The act of replacing.
SELF-COMPLACENCY n.
The quality of being self-complacent. J. Foster.
SELF-COMPLACENT a.
Satisfied with one's own character, capacity, and doings; self- satisfied.
SUPPLACE v.
To replace. [R.] J. Bascom.
TRANSPLACE v.
To remove across some space; to put in an opposite or another place. [R.] It [an obelisk] was transplaced . . . from the left side of the Vatican into a more eminent place. Bp. Wilkins.
UNPLACED a.
Not placed.
A n.
The regular long a, as in fate, etc., is a comparatively modern sound, and has taken the place of what, till about the early part of the 17th century, was a sound of the quality of ä (as in far).
ABDITORY n.
A place for hiding or preserving articles of value. Cowell.
ABIDE v.
To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place. Let the damsel abide with us a few days. Gen. xxiv. 55.
ABOARD adv.
he courses. -- To keep the land aboard, to hug the shore. -- To lay (a ship) aboard, to place one's own ship close alongside of (a ship) for fighting.
ABODE n. 2 definitions
Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. He waxeth at your abode here. Fielding.
ABOUT prep. 3 definitions
In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person). "Have you much money about you" Bulwer.
ABOVE prep. 2 definitions
In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath. Fowl that may fly above the earth. Gen. i. 20.
ABRUPT a. 2 definitions
n off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. "Tumbling through ricks abrupt," Thomson.
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