placing

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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.

Syn: Put. [1913 Webster]

Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Place such over them to be rulers.— Ex. xviii. 21.[1913 Webster]

3.To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank. [1913 Webster]

4.To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend. "My resolution 's placed." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

5.To attribute; to ascribe; to set down. [1913 Webster]

Place it for her chief virtue.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

6.(Racing) To determine or announce the place of at the finish. Usually, in horse racing only the first three horses are placed officially. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

7.(Rugby Football) To place-kick ( a goal). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

8.to recognize or identify (a person). [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster]