[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

place \place\, v. t. imp.  p. p. placed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   placing. cf. f. placer. see place, n.
   1. 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.

   syn: put.
        1913 webster

              upon my head they placed a fruitless crown.
                                                  --shak.
        1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

            place such over them to be rulers.    --ex. xviii.
                                                  21.
      1913 webster

   3. to put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place
      money in a bank.
      1913 webster

   4. to set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a
      friend. "my resolution 's placed." --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. to attribute; to ascribe; to set down.
      1913 webster

            place it for her chief virtue.        --shak.
      1913 webster

   6. racing to determine or announce the place of at the
      finish. usually, in horse racing only the first three
      horses are placed officially.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   7. rugby football to place-kick  a goal.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   8. to recognize or identify a person. colloq. u.s.
      1913 webster
see also:
placed placing place 

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