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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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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 John Delafield

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 The Merchant Service by Frederick Marryat

What could this mean, but that we were now domiciliated in Japan, and must in future give up all thoughts of returning home?

From Hair Breadth Escapes Perilous incidents in the lives of sailors and travelers in Japan, Cuba, East Indies, etc., etc. by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

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

I objected to him that being domiciliated in Switzerland, I did not clearly understand by what right a French authority could forbid me from travelling in a foreign country.

From Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. by Auguste Louis Baron de Stael-Holstein

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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