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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Place \Place\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Placed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Placing}.] [Cf. F. placer. See {Place}, noun]
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.
Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown. --Shak.
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.
Place such over them to be rulers. --Ex. xviii. 21.
3. To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank.
4. To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend. ''My resolution 's placed.'' --Shak.
5. To attribute; to ascribe; to set down.
Place it for her chief virtue. --Shak.
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.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
placed
adjective
1: situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank" [syn: {located}, {set}, {situated}]
2: put in position in relation to other things; "end tables placed conveniently"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "placed": aligned, arranged, arrayed, assigned, assorted, cataloged, categorized, classified, composed, constituted, deployed, disposed, embosomed, emplaced, ensconced, established, filed, fixed, graded, grouped, harmonized, hierarchic, indexed, installed, located, marshaled, methodized, normalized, on file, ordered, orderly, organized, pigeonholed, planted, positioned, posted, pyramidal, ranged, ranked, rated, regularized, regulated, routinized, seated, set, settled, situate, situated, sorted, spotted, standardized, stationed, stratified, synchronized, systematized, tabular
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