situate

Verb
Synonyms: locatefixpositdeposit

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey“Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space”“Locate the boundaries of the property”Synonyms: locate
  2. put (something somewhere) firmly“She posited her hand on his shoulder”“deposit the suitcase on the bench”“fix your eyes on this spot”Synonyms: fixpositdeposit
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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 situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore. [1913 Webster]

2.Placed; residing. [1913 Webster]

Pleasure situate in hill and dale.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

Note: Situate is now less used than situated, but both are well authorized. [1913 Webster]

Situate \Sit"u*ate\, v. t. To place. [R.] --Landor. [1913 Webster]
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