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transitive verb
Etymology: back-formation from emplacement
Date: 1865
to put into position <missiles emplaced around the city>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
emplace
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emplacé — emplacé, ée (entrée créée par le supplément) (an pla sé, sée) adj. Qui occupe un certain emplacement. • C est la situation des ouvrages du système de défense restreinte, lesquels sont emplacés au milieu de parcs, de villas opulentes et de… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Emplace — Em*place , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emplaced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emplacing}.] [Cf. F. emplacer. See {En }; {Place}, v. & n.] To put into place or position; to fix on an emplacement. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
emplace — 1865, back formation from EMPLACEMENT (Cf. emplacement) … Etymology dictionary
emplace — [em plās′, implās′] vt. emplaced, emplacing [back form < EMPLACEMENT] to place in position … English World dictionary
emplace — /em plays /, v.t., emplaced, emplacing. to put in place or position: A statue was emplaced in the square. [1860 65; back formation from EMPLACEMENT] * * * … Universalium
emplace — verb To assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place … Wiktionary
emplace — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To put in or assign to a certain position or location: install, locate, place, position, set1, site, situate, spot. See PLACE … English dictionary for students
emplace — em·place || ɪm pleɪs v. put into a place … English contemporary dictionary
emplace — em·place … English syllables
emplace — em•place [[t]ɛmˈpleɪs[/t]] v. t. placed, plac•ing to put in place or position • Etymology: 1860–65; back formation from emplacement … From formal English to slang
