Displace /(?)/

Dis·place

Displace

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Displaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Displacing

  1. To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced.
  2. To crowd out; to take the place of.
    Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those seas.
    — London Times.
  3. To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.
  4. To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obs.]
    You have displaced the mirth.