STATION (2)

Sta″tion (stā″shŭn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stationed (–shŭnd); 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.