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emplace
[
em-
pleys
]
Origin
em·place
/
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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emplace
1865, back formation from
emplacement
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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