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Webster 1913 Edition


Dislodge

Dis-lodge′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dislodged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dislodging
.]
[OF.
deslogier
, F.
déloger
; pref.
des-
(L.
dis-
) + OF.
logier
, F.
loger
. See
Lodge
.]
1.
To drive from a lodge or place of rest; to remove from a place of quiet or repose;
as, shells resting in the sea at a considerate depth are not
dislodged
by storms
.
2.
To drive out from a place of hiding or defense;
as, to
dislodge
a deer, or an enemy
.
The Volscians are
dislodg’d
.
Shakespeare

Dis-lodge′

,
Verb.
I.
To go from a place of rest.
[R.]
Where Light and Darkness in perpetual round
Lodge and
dislodge
by turns.
Milton.

Dis-lodge′

,
Noun.
Dwelling apart; separation.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Dislodge

DISLODGE

,
Verb.
T.
dislodj. [dis and lodge.]
1.
To remove or drive from a lodge or place or rest; to drive from the place where a thing naturally rests or inhabits. Shells resting int he sea at a considerable depth, are not dislodged by storms.
2.
To drive from a place of retirement or retreat; as, to dislodge a coney or a deer.
3.
To drive from any place of rest or habitation, or from any station; as, to dislodge the enemy from their quarters, from a hill or wall.
4.
To remove an army to other quarters.

DISLODGE

,
Verb.
I.
To go from a place of rest.

Definition 2024


dislodge

dislodge

English

Verb

dislodge (third-person singular simple present dislodges, present participle dislodging, simple past and past participle dislodged)

  1. (transitive) To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
    • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
      Yet I hoped by grouting at the earth below it to be able to dislodge the stone at the side; but while I was considering how best to begin, the candle flickered, the wick gave a sudden lurch to one side, and I was left in darkness.
  2. (intransitive) To move or go from a dwelling or former position.
    • Milton
      Where Light and Darkness in perpetual round / Lodge and dislodge by turns.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To force out of a secure or settled position.
    • 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times:
      The country’s first black president, and its first president to reach adulthood after the Vietnam War and Watergate, Mr. Obama seemed like a digital-age leader who could at last dislodge the stalemate between those who clung to the government of the Great Society, on the one hand, and those who disdained the very idea of government, on the other.

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