Dis‐place″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Displaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Displacing.] [Pref. dis- + place: cf. F. déplacer.] 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.
You have displaced the mirth. Shak.
Syn. — To disarrange; derange; dismiss; discard.