situate

situate
1. verb
a) To place on or into a physical location. Most commonly used adjectivally in past participle.
b) To place or put into an intangible place or position, such as social, ethical, fictional, etc. Most commonly used adjectivally in past participle and often used figuratively.
See Also: site, situation
Situated.

Wadley in Berkshire is situate in a vale, though not so fertile a soil as some vales afford [...].


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  • Situate — Sit u*ate (?; 135), Situated Sit u*a ted, a. [LL. situatus, from situare to place, fr. L. situs situation, site. See {Site}.] 1. Having a site, situation, or location; being in a relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • situate — meaning situated, survives in legal language and occasionally in the language of estate agents descriptions, in the UK and beyond: • The premises situate at Lukashya turn off, Mungwi Road Times of Zambia, 1977. It has no place in general usage …   Modern English usage

  • Situate — Sit u*ate, v. t. To place. [R.] Landor. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • situate — index allocate, deposit (place), establish (entrench), locate, lodge (house), pinpoint …   Law dictionary

  • situate — 1530s, to give a site to, from M.L. situatus, pp. of situare to place, locate, from L. situs place, position (see SITE (Cf. site)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • situate — [v] locate establish, fix, park, place, position, put, put in place, set, settle, stand; concept 226 …   New thesaurus

  • situate — ► VERB 1) place in a particular location or context. 2) (be situated) be in a specified financial or marital position. ORIGIN Latin situare place , from situs site …   English terms dictionary

  • situate — [sich′o͞o it, sich′o͞oāt΄; ] for v. [, sich′o͞oāt΄] adj. [ML situatus, pp. of situare, to place < L situs: see SITE] rare or archaic var. of SITUATED vt. situated, situating to put in a certain place or position; place; locate …   English World dictionary

  • situate — sit|u|ate [ˈsıtʃueıt] v [T] formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Medieval Latin; Origin: , past participle of situare, from Latin situs; SITE1] to describe or consider something as being part of something else or related to something else situate sth in… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • situate — [[t]sɪ̱tʃueɪt[/t]] situates, situating, situated VERB If you situate something such as an idea or fact in a particular context, you relate it to that context, especially in order to understand it better. [FORMAL] [V n adv/prep] How do we situate… …   English dictionary

  • situate — UK [ˈsɪtʃueɪt] / US [ˈsɪtʃuˌeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms situate : present tense I/you/we/they situate he/she/it situates present participle situating past tense situated past participle situated formal 1) to put something, especially a… …   English dictionary

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