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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Locate \Lo"cate\, verb (used with an object) [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.
3. To discover the location or site of; as, to locate the source of a radio transmission; to locate a leak; to locate the malfunction in a system. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
located \located\ adjective
1. situated in a particular spot or position; as, valuable centrally located urban land.
Syn: placed, set, situated. [WordNet 1.5]
2. situated: often used in combination; as, a well-located business. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
located
adjective: situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank" [syn: {placed}, {set}, {situated}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "located": assigned, deployed, embosomed, emplaced, ensconced, established, fixed, installed, placed, planted, positioned, posted, seated, set, settled, situate, situated, spotted, stationed
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