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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. |
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A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or
short part of a street open only at one end. |
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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. |
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Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement,
dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition;
also, official station; occupation; calling. |
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Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or
removal of another being or thing being implied). |
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A definite position or passage of a document. |
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Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as,
he said in the first place. |
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Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for. |
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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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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. |
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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. |
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To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place
money in a bank. |
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To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a
friend. |
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To attribute; to ascribe; to set down. |
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