emplace

Other forms: emplaced; emplacing

Definitions of emplace
  1. verb
    put into place or position
    “the box with the ancestors' ashes was emplaced on the top shelf of the house altar”
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    type of:
    lay, place, pose, position, put, set
    put into a certain place or abstract location
  2. verb
    provide a new emplacement for guns
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    type of:
    lay, place, pose, position, put, set
    put into a certain place or abstract location
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