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EMPLACE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put into place or position

Example:

the box with the ancestors' ashes was emplaced on the top shelf of the house altar

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "emplace" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Verb group:

emplace (provide a new emplacement for guns)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

emplacement (the act of putting something in a certain place)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Provide a new emplacement for guns

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "emplace" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Verb group:

emplace (put into place or position)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

emplacement (military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon)

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