[dis.place] vt [prob. fr. MF desplacer, fr. des- dis- + place place] (1553) 1 a: to remove from the usual or proper place; specif: to expel or force to flee from home or homeland b: to remove from an office, status, or job c obs: to drive out: banish
2. a: to move physically out of position "a floating object ~s water" b: to take the place of (as in a chemical reaction): supplant syn see replace -- dis.place.able adj