Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Place \Place\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Placed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Placing}.] [Cf. F. placer. See {Place}, n.]
   1. To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or
      place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a
      particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to
      place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis.

            Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown. --Shak.

   2. To put or set in a particular rank, office, or position;
      to surround with particular circumstances or relations in
      life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life;
      as, in whatever sphere one is placed.

            Place such over them to be rulers.    --Ex. xviii.
                                                  21.

   3. To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place
      money in a bank.

   4. To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a
      friend. ``My resolution 's placed.'' --Shak.

   5. To attribute; to ascribe; to set down.

            Place it for her chief virtue.        --Shak.

   {To place} (a person), to identify him. [Colloq. U.S.]

   Syn: See {Put}.