 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
situate
verb
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" [syn: {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" [syn: {fix}, {posit}, {deposit}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Situate \Sit"u*ate\ (?; 135), Situated \Sit"u*a'ted\, adjective [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.
2. Placed; residing.
Pleasure situate in hill and dale. --Milton.
Note: Situate is now less used than situated, but both are
well authorized.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Situate \Sit"u*ate\, verb (used with an object)
To place. [R.] --Landor.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "situate":
allocate, assign, collocate, deploy, dispose, emplace, fix,
get a fix, home in on, install, localize, locate, navigate,
pin down, pinpoint, place, position, put, put in place, set, spot,
triangulate, zero in on
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