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Definition of Place down
1. Verb. Cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place. "Set down your bags here"
Generic synonyms: Lay, Place, Pose, Position, Put, Set
Specialized synonyms: Flump, Plank, Plonk, Plop, Plump, Plump Down, Plunk, Plunk Down
Lexicographical Neighbors of Place Down
Literary usage of Place down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Church Cyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Church Doctrine, History by Angelo Ames Benton (1883)
"From the Sacraments, in their place, down to the ordinary and usual Christian
graces of a daily holy life, every part and act has its ..."
2. A Treatise Upon the Trade from Great-Britain to Africa: Humbly Recommended by African Merchant (1772)
"... rivers to the north of this place down to Cape Lopez, which is about thirty
leagues to the ... place down ..."
3. The Greek Reader by Friedrich Jacobs (1851)
"To cause to sit down, to place down, to seat, to set down. ... To place down, to
set down, to establish, to constitute, to reduce to order, to erect, ..."
4. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"West of this place down in the neighbour bottom, The rank of osiers, by the
murmuring stream, Left on your right hand brings you to the place. ..."
5. The Church Cyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Church Doctrine, History by Angelo Ames Benton (1883)
"From the Sacraments, in their place, down to the ordinary and usual Christian
graces of a daily holy life, every part and act has its ..."
6. A Treatise Upon the Trade from Great-Britain to Africa: Humbly Recommended by African Merchant (1772)
"... rivers to the north of this place down to Cape Lopez, which is about thirty
leagues to the ... place down ..."
7. The Greek Reader by Friedrich Jacobs (1851)
"To cause to sit down, to place down, to seat, to set down. ... To place down, to
set down, to establish, to constitute, to reduce to order, to erect, ..."
8. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"West of this place down in the neighbour bottom, The rank of osiers, by the
murmuring stream, Left on your right hand brings you to the place. ..."
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