ə̇mˈplās, em- transitive verb
Etymology: back-formation from emplacement
: to put into position
where thick glacial deposits were emplaced by ice moving — W.R.Hansen
the deeply emplaced, presbytic eyes, peering out from under the dark brows — A.J.Liebling
two artificial harbors to be emplaced off the beaches — G.C.Marshall
a smooth sea enabled us to get more troops ashore and to emplace some artillery — Time
an area where the annoying guns were evidently thought to be emplaced — E.J.Kahn