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Dislocate

Dislocate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dislocate? [v] put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives" [v] move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dislocate: displace \| luxate \| slip \| splay Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dislocate: clutter \| derange \| disarrange \| disarray \| disarticulate \| discompose \| dishevel \| disjoint \| disorder \| disorganize \| displace \| disrupt \| disturb \| jumble \| litter \| luxate \| mess \| mess up \| misarrange \| mix up \| muss \| muss up \| remove \| ruffle \| rummage \| rumple \| scatter \| shift \| ship \| tousle \| transfer \| unhinge \| unjoint \| unseat See Also \| move \| resettle Dislocate In Webster's Dictionary \Dis"locate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dislocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dislocating}.] [LL. dislocatus, p. p. of dislocare; dis- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See {Locus}.] To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones. --Shak. After some time the strata on all sides of the globe were dislocated. --Woodward. And thus the archbishop's see, dislocated or out of joint for a time, was by the hands of his holiness set right again. --Fuller. \Dis"locate\, a. [LL. dislocatus, p. p.] Dislocated. --Montgomery.

Dislocate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dislocate?

[v] put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives"
[v] move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dislocate: displace | luxate | slip | splay

See Also | move | resettle

Dislocate In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis"lo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dislocated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Dislocating}.] [LL. dislocatus, p. p. of
dislocare; dis- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See
{Locus}.]
To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a
bone: To remove from its normal connections with a
neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its
socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones. --Shak.

      After some time the strata on all sides of the globe
      were dislocated.                         --Woodward.

      And thus the archbishop's see, dislocated or out of
      joint for a time, was by the hands of his holiness set
      right again.                             --Fuller.


\Dis"lo*cate\, a. [LL. dislocatus, p. p.]
Dislocated. --Montgomery.

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