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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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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

But their bodily presence is not of itself sufficient; it is moreover essential that they should not be absent in feeling, as strangers and merely domiciliated in the new society.

From The Modern Regime, Volume 1 by John Durand

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

Having thus domiciliated them comfortably in the old hall, we will leave them to recover from the fatigues of the journey, and to taste of the plentiful hospitalities of Riverside manor.

From Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession by Benjamin Wood

Frank dickers with him in his counting-room, Tommy chases him in the play-ground, Mrs. Asmodeus makes him a fashionable call, and—God help us all!—we sometimes find him sitting domiciliated at our hearthstones.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 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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