n. [ F., fr. L. platea a street, an area, a courtyard, from Gr. platei^a a street, properly fem. of platy`s, flat, broad; akin to Skr. p&rsdot_;thu, Lith. platus. Cf. Flawn, Piazza, Plate, Plaza. ] 1. Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here is the place appointed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

What place can be for us
Within heaven's bound? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The word place has sometimes a more confused sense, and stands for that space which any body takes up; and so the universe is a place. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end. “Hangman boys in the market place.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country. [ 1913 Webster ]

Are you native of this place? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling. “The enervating magic of place.” Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men in great place are thrice servants. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

I know my place as I would they should do theirs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied). “In place of Lord Bassanio.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A definite position or passage of a document. [ 1913 Webster ]

The place of the scripture which he read was this. Acts viii. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for. [ 1913 Webster ]

My word hath no place in you. John viii. 37. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Astron.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. (Racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, esp. the second position. In betting, to win a bet on a horse for place it must, in the United States, finish first or second, in England, usually, first, second, or third. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Place of arms (Mil.), a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe retreat for hospitals, magazines, etc. Wilhelm. --
High place (Script.), a mount on which sacrifices were offered. “Him that offereth in the high place.” Jer. xlviii. 35. --
In place, in proper position; timely. --
Out of place, inappropriate; ill-timed; as, his remarks were out of place. --
Place kick (Football), the act of kicking the ball after it has been placed on the ground. --
Place name, the name of a place or locality. London Academy. --
To give place, to make room; to yield; to give way; to give advantage. “Neither give place to the devil.” Eph. iv. 27. “Let all the rest give place.” Shak. --
To have place, to have a station, room, or seat; as, such desires can have no place in a good heart. --
To take place. (a) To come to pass; to occur; as, the ceremony will not take place. (b) To take precedence or priority. Addison. (c) To take effect; to prevail. “If your doctrine takes place.” Berkeley. “But none of these excuses would take place.” Spenser. --
To take the place of, to be substituted for. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Situation; seat; abode; position; locality; location; site; spot; office; employment; charge; function; trust; ground; room; stead. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Placed p. pr. & vb. n. Placing ] [ Cf. F. placer. See Place, n. ] 1. To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis.
Syn. -- Put. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put or set in a particular rank, office, or position; to surround with particular circumstances or relations in life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life; as, in whatever sphere one is placed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Place such over them to be rulers. Ex. xviii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend. “My resolution 's placed.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To attribute; to ascribe; to set down. [ 1913 Webster ]

Place it for her chief virtue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Racing) To determine or announce the place of at the finish. Usually, in horse racing only the first three horses are placed officially. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

7. (Rugby Football) To place-kick ( a goal). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

8. to recognize or identify (a person). [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., I shall please, fut. of placere to please. ] 1. (R. C. Ch.) The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A prescription with no pharmacological activity given to a patient to humor or satisfy the desire for medical treatment. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) a dose of a compound having no pharmacological activity given to a subject in a medical experiment as part of a control experiment in a test of the effectiveness of another, active pharmacological agent. [ PJC ]

To sing placebo, to agree with one in his opinion; to be complaisant to. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Med.) a reaction by a patient who receives a placebo{ 2 }, in which the symptoms of illness are lessened or an anticipated effect is experienced. Because the placebo{ 2 } itself has no pharmacological activity, this reaction is mediated by the expectations of the patient receiving the placebo{ 2 }; the reaction is considered as an example of the power of suggestion. Dramatic subjective effects such as relief of discomfort or pain are sometimes observed due to administration of a placebo, but in some cases measurable physiological effects may also be observed. [ PJC ]

a. In the appointed place. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To make a place kick; to make (a goal) by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

a. Having no place or office. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Placemen One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. placement. ] 1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Position; place. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Placentæ E. Placentas [ L., a cake, Gr. &unr_; a flat cake, from &unr_; flat, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, anything flat and broad. ] 1. (Anat.) The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi on its surface penetrate the blood vessels of the parental uterus, and thus establish a nutritive and excretory connection between the blood of the fetus and that of the parent, though the blood itself does not flow from one to the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached. [ 1913 Webster ]