displace

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Displaced p. pr. & vb. n. Displacing. ] [ Pref. dis- + place: cf. F. déplacer. ] 1. To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To crowd out; to take the place of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those seas. London Times. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You have displaced the mirth. Shak.

Syn. -- To disarrange; derange; dismiss; discard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being displaced. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. déplacement. ] 1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unnecessary displacement of funds. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The displacement of the sun by parallax. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Piston displacement (Mech.), the volume of the space swept through, or weight of steam, water, etc., displaced, in a given time, by the piston of a steam engine or pump. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. displacentia, for L. displicentia, fr. displicere to displease; dis- + placere to please. See Displease, and cf. Displeasance. ] Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]