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. 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. [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.
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. (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. 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).
