Place (?), v. t. 1. (Racing) To determine or announce the place of at the finish. Usually, in horse racing only the first three horses are placed officially.
2.
(Rugby Football) To place-kick
( a goal).
Place , n. (Racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, esp. the second position. In betting, to win a bet on a horse for place it must, in the United States, finish first or second, in England, usually, first, second, or third.
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.
Upon my head
they placed a fruitless crown.
Shak.
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.
Place
such over them to be
rulers.
Ex. xviii. 21.
3. To put
out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to
place money in a bank.
4. To set; to fix; to repose; as, to
place confidence
in a friend. "My resolution 's placed."
Shak.
5. To attribute; to ascribe; to set down.
Place it
for her chief virtue.
Shak. To place (a person), to identify him. [Colloq. U.S.]
Syn. -- See Put.
Place (?), n. [F., fr. L. platea a street, an area, a courtyard, from Gr.
platei^a a street, properly fem. of platy`s, flat, broad; akin to Skr. p&rsdot;thu, Lith. platus. Cf. Flawn, Piazza, Plate, Plaza.]
1. Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space.
Here is the place
appointed.
Shak. What place can be for us
Within heaven's bound?
Milton.
The word place has sometimes a more confused sense, and stands for that space which any body takes up; and so the universe is a
place.
Locke.
2. A broad way in
a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of
a street open only at
one end. "Hangman boys in the market place." Shak.
3.
A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a
fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country.
Are you native of this place?
Shak. 4. Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement,
dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling. "The enervating
magic of place." Hawthorne.
Men in great
place are thrice servants.
Bacon. I know my place as I
would they should do theirs.
Shak. 5. Vacated or
relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied). "In place of Lord Bassanio." Shak.
6. A definite position or passage of
a document.
The place
of the scripture which he read was this.
Acts viii. 32.
7. Ordinal relation; position in the order
of proceeding; as, he said in the first
place.
8.
Reception; effect;
-- implying the making room for.
My word hath no place in you.
John viii.
37. 9. (Astron.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly
body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude.
Place of arms (Mil.), a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms,
etc., as a fort which affords a safe retreat for hospitals,
magazines, etc. Wilhelm. -- High place (Script.),
a mount on which sacrifices were offered. "Him that offereth in the high place." Jer. xlviii. 35. -- In place, in proper position; timely. --
Out of place, inappropriate; ill-timed;
as, his remarks were out of
place. -- Place
kick (Football),
the act of kicking the ball after it
has been placed on the ground. -- Place name, the name of a place or locality. London Academy. -- To give place, to make room;
to yield; to
give way; to
give advantage. "Neither give place to the devil." Eph. iv. 27.
"Let all the
rest give place." Shak. -- To
have place, to have a station, room, or seat; as, such desires can have no place in a
good heart. -- To take place. (a)
To come to pass; to occur; as, the
ceremony will not take place. (b)
To take precedence or priority. Addison. (c) To take effect; to prevail. "If your doctrine takes place."
Berkeley. "But none of these excuses would take place." Spenser. - - To take the place of, to be substituted for.
Syn. -- Situation; seat; abode; position; locality; location; site; spot; office; employment; charge; function; trust; ground; room; stead.
Hear it pronounced