situate

English

Alternative forms

• scituate (hyper‐correct, obsolete)

Etymology

From Late Latin situātus, past participle of Medieval Latin situō (“to locate, place”), from Latin situs (“a site”).

Verb

situate (third-person singular simple present situates, present participle situating, simple past and past participle situated)

1. To place on or into a physical location. Most commonly used adjectivally in past participle.

   The statue is situated in a corner hardly visible to the public, except through a window from an outside maintenance area situated behind the building.

2. 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.

   The mayor is situated between probable censure and possible recall.

Related terms

• site
• situation

Translations

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• Dutch: situeren (nl)

• Spanish: situar (es)

Adjective

situate (comparative more situate, superlative most situate)

1. (now rare) Situated.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.ii.3:

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

   • Milton

     Pleasure situate in hill and dale.

External links

• situate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• situate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• situate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Italian

Adjective

situate f

1. Feminine plural form of situato

Verb

situate

1. second-person plural present indicative of situare
2. second-person plural imperative of situare
3. feminine plural of situato

Anagrams

• autiste, usitate

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Latin

Verb

situāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of situō