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domiciliate

American  
[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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I found the younger Millbank quite domiciliated at the Castle; a fact which, of itself, if known to Lord Monmouth, would ensure the lad's annihilation.'

From Coningsby by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

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

When his affairs began to be straitened, he was invited by the celebrated Madame de la Sablière to make her house his home; and there, in fact, he was thoroughly domiciliated for twenty years.

From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Wright, Elizur

These domestics participating in the comforts of the family, become naturalized and domiciliated; and their extraordinary relatives are often adopted by the heart.

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac

Unknown, and in silence, they were domiciliated in courts and in families, throughout all nations; and some roamed as itinerants.

From Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy by Delafield, John

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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