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Webster 1913 Edition
Dislodge
Dis-lodge′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dislodged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dislodging
.] 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 storms2.
To drive out from a place of hiding or defense;
as, to
. dislodge
a deer, or an enemyThe 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
Lodge and
dislodge
by turns. Milton.
Dis-lodge′
,Noun.
Dwelling apart; separation.
[R.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Dislodge
DISLODGE
,Verb.
T.
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.
Definition 2024
dislodge
dislodge
English
Verb
dislodge (third-person singular simple present dislodges, present participle dislodging, simple past and past participle dislodged)
- (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.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- (intransitive) To move or go from a dwelling or former position.
- Milton
- Where Light and Darkness in perpetual round / Lodge and dislodge by turns.
- Milton
- (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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Translations
To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied
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