emplace

em·place

verb \im-ˈplās\

Definition of EMPLACE

transitive verb

: to put into position <missiles emplaced around the city>

Examples of EMPLACE

1. <the plan is to emplace more guns on the ridge north of the camp>

Origin of EMPLACE

back-formation from emplacement

First Known Use: 1865

Related to EMPLACE

Synonyms: depose, deposit, dispose, place, fix, lay, position, put, set, set up, situate, stick

Related Words: move, rearrange, reorder, shift; orient; establish, locate, plant, settle; clap, flop, plank, plop, plump, plunk (or plonk), plunk down, slap; ensconce, niche; assemble, collect; carry; berth, park; affix, anchor, lock, lodge, wedge; array, lay out, line up, queue, rank; set down

Near Antonyms: relocate, remove, take; banish; dislodge, displace, replace, supersede, supplant

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Rhymes with EMPLACE

abase, airspace, Alsace, ambsace, apace, backspace, best-case, biface, birthplace, blackface, boldface, bookcase, bootlace, braincase, briefcase, clubface, crankcase, cyclase, debase, deface, disgrace, displace, dogface, doughface, efface, embrace, encase, enchase, enlace, erase, euclase, firebase, fireplace, footpace, footrace, foreface, freebase, gyrase, half-space, hard case, headspace, hydrase, Jerez, kinase, lactase, lightface, lipase, lyase, maltase, manes, millrace, milreis, misplace, mutase, notecase, null-space, nutcase, outface, outpace, outrace, paleface, postface, Quilmes, replace, scapegrace, shoelace, showcase, showplace, slipcase, smearcase, someplace, staircase, subbase, subspace, suitcase, tailrace, tenace, typeface, ukase, unbrace, unlace, watchcase, wheelbase, whey-face, whiteface, workplace, worst-case