Definitions for: Dislocate

[v] put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives"
[v] move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

Webster (1913) Definition: Dis"lo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dislocated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Dislocating.] [LL. dislocatus, p. p. of
dislocare; dis- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See
Locus.]
To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a
bone: To remove from its normal connections with a
neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its
socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones. --Shak.

After some time the strata on all sides of the globe
were dislocated. --Woodward.

And thus the archbishop's see, dislocated or out of
joint for a time, was by the hands of his holiness set
right again. --Fuller.

Dis"lo*cate, a. [LL. dislocatus, p. p.]
Dislocated. --Montgomery.

Synonyms: displace, luxate, slip, splay

See Also: move, resettle

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