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domiciliate

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[dom-uh-sil-ee-eyt] / ˌdɒm əˈsɪl iˌeɪt /

verb (used with object)

domiciliated, domiciliating
  1. to domicile.


verb (used without object)

domiciliated, domiciliating
  1. to establish a residence for oneself or one's family.

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of domiciliate

1770–80; < Latin domicili ( um ) domicile + -ate 1

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In the first affidavit it was deposed that Mr. Gourlay had been domiciliated at Queenston for more than nine months, and that the deponent verily believed him to be a natural-born subject of Great Britain.

From The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion by Dent, John Charles

She found her domiciliated in a fashionable boarding-house, and was received in the common parlor, in which were two or three ladies and a gentleman, besides Mrs. Lloyd.

From After the Storm by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

Twenty years long, this mirror of bonhomie was domiciliated, like a pet animal, under the hospitable roof of the celebrated Madame de la Sablière.

From Classic French Course in English by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

After this play, I became in a manner domiciliated in the green-room.

From She Would Be a Soldier The Plains of Chippewa by Moses, Montrose Jonas

It is hardly domiciliated, being a new-comer, and creeps restlessly across the glass.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 by Various

Caxton had the merit of introducing the Roman pointing as used in Italy; and his successor, Pynson, triumphed by domiciliating the Roman letter.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

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