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unplace

unplace verb: to remove from one's place; displace.

Verb

unplace (third-person singular simple present unplaces, present participle unplacing, simple past and past participle unplaced)

  1. (transitive) To remove from one's place; displace.

Noun

unplace (plural unplaces)

  1. Lack or absence of place; placelessness; displacement.
    • More fundamental even than the paradox of dying to live is the paradox of being enclosed in a narrow place to gain access to the limitless unplace which is Heaven: my cell is so narrow,' you may say, but oh, how wide is the sky!2014, Bonnie Wheeler, Medieval Mothering - Page 164

Forms of unplace

Verb
third-person singular presentunplaces
present participleunplacing
past participleunplaced
pastunplaced
Noun
pluralunplaces

Origin of unplace

From un- + place.

Questions about unplace

What does unplace mean?
Unplace means to remove from one's place; displace.
What part of speech is unplace?
Unplace can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of unplace?
The past tense of unplace is unplaced.

Words near unplace in the dictionary

  1. unpixellated
  2. unplacable
  3. unplacarded
  4. unplacatable
  5. unplacated
  6. unplace
  7. unplaceable
  8. unplaced
  9. unplaces
  10. unplacid
  11. unplacing

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