| Place (place) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Place |
| [F., fr. L. platea
a street, an area, a courtyard, from Gr. platei^a a street,
properly fem. of platy`s, flat, broad; akin to Skr.
p***rsdot]thu, Lith. platus. Cf. Flawn,
Piazza, Plate |
Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from
all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use;
position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space.
A broad way in a city; an open space; an
area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end.
A position which is occupied and held; a
dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or
post; a stronghold; a region or country.
Rank; degree; grade; order of priority,
advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or
position; condition; also, official station; occupation;
calling.
Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead
(the departure or removal of another being or thing being
implied).
A definite position or passage of a
document.
Ordinal relation; position in the order of
proceeding; as, he said in the first place.
Reception; effect; -- implying the making
room for.
Position in the heavens,
as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and
declination, or by its latitude and longitude.
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| Place (place) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Place |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Placed (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Placing (?).] [Cf. F. placer. See Place,
n.] |
To assign a place to] to
put in a particular spot or place, or in a certain relative position;
to direct to a particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to
place a book on a shelf; to place balls in
tennis.
To put or set in a particular rank, office,
or position; to surround with particular circumstances or relations in
life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life; as, in
whatever sphere one is placed.
To put out at interest; to invest; to loan;
as, to place money in a bank.
To set; to fix; to repose; as, to
place confidence in a friend.
To attribute; to ascribe; to set
down.
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The
position of first, second, or third at the finish, esp. the second
position. In betting, to win a bet on a horse for place it
must, in the United States, finish first or second, in England,
usually, first, second, or third.
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| Place (place) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Place |
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To determine or announce the place of at the
finish. Usually, in horse racing only the first three horses are
placed officially.
To place-kick ( a
goal).
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