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em⋅place

[em-pleys]
–verb (used with object), -placed, -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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em·place   (ěm-plās')   
tr.v.   em·placed, em·plac·ing, em·plac·es
To put into place or position: emplace a fortification on the hilltop.
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