Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DIS-PLACE', v.t. [dis and place; Fr. deplacer; Arm. diblaçza.]

1. To put out of the usual or proper place; to remove from its place; as, the books in the library are all displaced.
2. To remove from any state, condition, office, or dignity; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.
3. To disorder. You have displaced the mirth. – Shak.