Related Searches

emplace

[em-pleys] Origin

em·place

[em-pleys]
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
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To emplace

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Emplace is one of our favorite verbs.
So is fletcherise. Does it mean:
to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
to spend time idly; loaf.
Collins
World English Dictionary
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
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

emplace
1865, back formation from emplacement
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT