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emplace
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Emplace
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em·place
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ɛmˈpleɪs
/
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em-
pleys
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verb (used with object),
em·placed,
em·plac·ing.
to put in place or position:
A statue was emplaced in the square.
Origin:
1860–65;
back formation from
emplacement
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emplace
(ɪmˈpleɪs)
—
vb
(
tr
) to put in place or position
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
emplace
1865, back formation from
emplacement
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Following each of the tests, reentry holes were drilled into the test cavity to collect scientific data and to
emplace
devices.
The willingness of the jurisdictions ultimately using the water to
emplace
produced water in the aquifer.
The applicant also proposes to
emplace
a buried rubble mound structure beneath the existing berm to increase its stability.
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