Dis*plant" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Di&?;planted; p. pr. & vb. n. Displanting.] [Pref. dis- + plant: cf. OF. desplanter, F. déplanter.] 1. To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants.
I did not think a look,
Or a poor word or two, could have displanted
Such a fixed constancy.
Beau. & Fl.
2. To strip of what is planted or settled; as, to displant a country of inhabitants. Spenser.
Dis`plan*ta"tion (?), n. The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh.
Dis*plat" (?), v. t. To untwist; to uncurl; to unplat. [Obs.] Hakewill.
Dis*play" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Displaying.] [OE. displaien, desplaien, OF. despleier, desploier, F. déployer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + pleier, ploier, plier, F. ployer, plier, to fold, bend, L. plicare. See Ply, and cf. Deploy, Splay.] 1. To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.
The northern wind his wings did broad display.
Spenser.