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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Station \Sta"tion\ (st[=a]"sh[u^]n), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Stationed} (-sh[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stationing}.] To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coast of Africa.
He gained the brow of the hill, where the English phalanx was stationed. --Lyttelton.
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