The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Station \Sta"tion\ (st[=a]"sh[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Stationed (-sh[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Stationing.]
   To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a
   post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of
   an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships
   on the coast of Africa.
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         He gained the brow of the hill, where the English
         phalanx was stationed.                   --Lyttelton.
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