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Displace
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
2. To crowd out; to take the place of. Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those seas. London Times.
3. To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.
4. To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obs.] You have displaced the mirth. Shak.
Synonyms: disarrange; derange; dismiss; discard.