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Verb: emplace  em'pleys
  1. Put into place or position
    "the box with the ancestors' ashes was emplaced on the top shelf of the house altar"
     
  2. Provide a new emplacement for guns
    "The artillery unit emplaced their cannons on the hilltop"

Derived forms: emplaced, emplaces, emplacing

Type of: lay, place, pose, position, put, set