place

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1. 1.A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end. "Hangman boys in the market place." Shak.
2. 2.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. Are you native of this place Shak.
3. 3.Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling. "The enervating magic of place." Hawthorne. Men in great place are thrice servants. Bacon. I know my place as I would they should do theirs. Shak.
4. 4.Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied). "In place of Lord Bassanio." Shak.
5. 5.A definite position or passage of a document. The place of the scripture which he read was this. Acts viii.
6. 6.7. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place.
7. 7.Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for. My word hath no place in you. John viii.
8. 8.9. (Astron.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms (Mil.), a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe retreat for hospitals, magazines, etc. Wilhelm. -- High place (Script.), a mount on which sacrifices were offered. "Him that offereth in the high place." Jer. xlviii.
9. 9.-- In place, in proper position; timely. -- Out of place, inappropriate; ill-timed; as, his remarks were out of place. -- Place kick (Football), the act of kicking the ball after it has been placed on the ground. -- Place name, the name of a place or locality. London Academy. -- To give place, to make room; to yield; to give way; to give advantage. "Neither give place to the devil." Eph. iv.
10. 10."Let all the rest give place." Shak. -- To have place, to have a station, room, or seat; as, such desires can have no place in a good heart. -- To take place. (a) To come to pass; to occur; as, the ceremony will not take place. (b) To take precedence or priority. Addison. (c) To take effect; to prevail. "If your doctrine takes place." Berkeley. "But none of these excuses would take place." Spenser. -- To take the place of, to be substituted for.
11. 11.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. Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown. Shak.
12. 12.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. Place such over them to be rulers. Ex. xviii.
13. 13.3. To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank.
14. 14.To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend. "My resolution 's placed." Shak.
15. 15.To attribute; to ascribe; to set down. Place it for her chief virtue. Shak. To place (a person), to identify him. [Colloq. U.S.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end. "Hangman boys in the market place." Shak called?
• What is 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. Are you native of this place Shak called?
• What is vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied). "In place of Lord Bassanio." Shak called?
• What is a definite position or passage of a document. The place of the scripture which he read was this. Acts viii called?
• What is 7. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place called?
• What is reception; effect; -- implying the making room for. My word hath no place in you. John viii called?
• What is 3. To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank called?
• What is to set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend. "My resolution 's placed." Shak called?
• What is to attribute; to ascribe; to set down. Place it for her chief virtue. Shak. To place (a person), to identify him. [Colloq. U.S.] called?