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domiciliate

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[dom-uh-sil-ee-ayt] / 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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However, as the English in Ireland began to be domiciliated, they began also to recollect that they had a country.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

Now, however, since her return to the convent, she had been domiciliated in the nun's house on the right of the chapel, and possessed, if she pleased to exercise it, the freedom of the establishment.

From The Lost Lady of Lone by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

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 William Cleaver Wilkinson

The person who acted as interpreter spoke English too well for a Frenchman: apparently he was a Dane or Russian, who was domiciliated there.

From Newton Forster by Frederick Marryat

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 Isaac Disraeli

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