Stationing

Stationing
Station Sta"tion (st[=a]"sh[u^]n), v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]

He gained the brow of the hill, where the English phalanx was stationed. --Lyttelton. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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