Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Displace

Displace , transitive verb

[Prefix dis- + place: compare French déplacer.]

1.
To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced.
2.
To crowd out; to take the place of.
Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those seas. — London Times
3.
To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.
4.
To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obsolete]
You have displaced the mirth. — Shakespeare