Meanings
verbdeplace (third-person singular simple present deplaces, present participle deplacing, simple past and past participle deplaced)
present singular third person deplaces · participle present deplacing · participle past deplaced · past deplaced
- raretransitiveTo displace.
Even without mobilization of the bone, the median eyelid angle can be deplaced in the nasal direction. For this purpose, we inserted a heart-shaped cartilage implant, curved toward the caruncula.
1982, Sherrell J. Aston, Albert Hornblass, Murray A. Meltzer, et al., editors, Third International Symposium of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Eye and Adnexa, Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins Co., →ISBN, page 116
Origin
- Frenchdéplacer“to move, displace”
- Englishdeplace
From French déplacer (“to move, displace”).
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APA
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MLA
“deplace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deplace. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deplace,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deplace.
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