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<hw>Dis*pit"e*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>piteous</ets>. Cf. <er>Despiteous</er>.]</ety> <def>Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless.</def> <i>Spenser</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Dis*pit"e*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Displace</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis*place"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Displaced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Displacing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>place</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82placer</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; <as>as, the books in the library are all <ex>displaced</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To crowd out; to take the place of.</def>

<blockquote>Holland <b>displaced</b> Portugal as the mistress of those seas. <i>London Times.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; <as>as, to <ex>displace</ex> an officer of the revenue</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To dislodge; to drive away; to banish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>You have <b>displaced</b> the mirth. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To disarrange; derange; dismiss; discard.</syn>

<h1>Displaceable</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis*place"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being displaced.</def>

<h1>Displacement</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis*place"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82placement</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.</def>

<blockquote>Unnecessary <b>displacement</b> of funds. <i>A. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>displacement</b> of the sun by parallax. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is <i>displaced</i>, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent.</def>

<cs><col>Piston displacement</col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>the volume of the space swept through, or weight of steam, water, etc., displaced, in a given time, by the piston of a steam engine or pump.</cd></cs>

<h1>Displacency</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis*pla"cen*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>displacentia</ets>, for L. <ets>displicentia</ets>, fr. <ets>displicere</ets> to displease; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>placere</ets> to please. See <er>Displease</er>, and cf. <er>Displeasance</er>.]</ety> <def>Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Displacer</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis*pla"cer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One that displaces.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement.</def>

<h1>Displant</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis*plant"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Di<?/planted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Displanting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>plant</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>desplanter</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82planter</ets>.]</ety>