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locate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Locate \Lo"cate\, v. i. To place one's self to take up one's residence; to settle. [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Locate \Lo"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Located}; p. pr & vb n. {Locating}.] [L. locatus p. p. of locare to place fr locus place See {Local}.] 1. To place to set in a particular spot or position. The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. --B. F. Westcott 2. To designate the site or place of to define the limits of as to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant. That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. --H. Spencer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: locate v 1: discover the location of determine the place of find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?" [syn: {turn up}] 2: determine or indicate the place site, or limits of "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Can you locate China on the map?" [syn: {situate}] 3: assign a location to "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" [syn: {place}, {site}] 4: take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest" [syn: {settle}, {relocate}]
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