situate

[verb sich-oo-eyt; adjective sich-oo-it, -eyt]

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verb (used with object), sit·u·at·ed, sit·u·at·ing.

to put in or on a particular site or place; locate.

adjective

Archaic. located; placed; situated.

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Origin of situate

1515–25; < Late Latin situātus situated, equivalent to Latin situ-, stem of situs site + -ātus -ate¹

SYNONYMS FOR situate

1. establish, station, set, install.

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Related formsin·ter·sit·u·ate, verb (used with object), in·ter·sit·u·at·ed, in·ter·sit·u·at·ing.re·sit·u·ate, verb (used with object), re·sit·u·at·ed, re·sit·u·at·ing.

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Examples from the Web for situate

Jerbourg barracks are situate on an adjoining spot and are sufficiently capacious for about three hundred troops.
Guernsey Pictorial Directory and Stranger's Guide|Thomas Bellamy
He had at once offered to receive Amenche at his palace, which was situate but three miles from the end of the causeway.
By Right of Conquest|G. A. Henty
The house is situate upon the banks of the river which flows through Montoni, and commands the most delicious views.
The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4|George W. M. Reynolds
Topsham, the port of Exeter, was a small straggling town, situate on the estuary of the Exe.
Hildebrand|Anonymous

A good deal of the wealth of the city, and some of the chief buildings of the place were situate here.
The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877|George Stewart

British Dictionary definitions for situate

situate

verb

(tr; often passive) to allot a site to; place; locate

adjective

(now used esp in legal contexts) situated; located

Word Origin for situate

C16: from Late Latin situāre to position, from Latin situs a site

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Word Origin and History for situate

situate

early 15c., "to place in a particular state or condition," from Medieval Latin situatus, past participle of situare "to place, locate," from Latin situs "a place, position" (see site). Related: Situated; situating.

situate

adj.

1520s, now obsolete, adjective from Late Latin situatus, past participle of situare (see situate (v.)).

situate

verb (used with object), sit·u·at·ed, sit·u·at·ing.

adjective

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