Place

plas, n. A broad way in a city open space eve, term In, ice odd, tone, 6r 445 PLACENTA 427 area; any portion of space regarded as distinct from all other space, as related to any other portion, or as appropriated to some definite object or use rank degree; grade; esp., social rank or position; official station or post; a position occupied and held as a residence, as, a stately dwelling, a mansion; or, a collection of dwellings, a village, town, or city; or, a country, the seat of a nation; or, a fortified town or post; po ibility of existence or action; opportunity; definite portion of a written or printed document; vacated or relinquished space; room; stead. — v.t. [placed (plast), placing.] To a ign a place to, fix, settle; to put in a particular rank or office; to surround with particular circumstances; to put out at interest, invest. [F. L. plate a, Gr. plateia, a broad way, street, open space, courtyard, plat us, wide, Skr. prithus, large, prath, to spread out; plant, plaster, plastic, plaice, plane-tree.} — To take place. To come to pa , occur. — Place'man, n.ment.pi.—-men.Pla'cer,One-ser, whon.has One an office who places under ora govern-sets. — Placer', -thar' (by Mexicans and Californians plasar'), n. A gravelly place where gold found, esp. by the side of a river, or in the bed of a mountain torrent. [Sp.]— Pla'za, plarza, n. A public square in a city. [Sp.]