ubicate

English

Etymology

Compare ubication. Ultimately from ubi (“where”).

Verb

1. (intransitive, rare) To take up residence (in a place); to lodge (somewhere).
   • 1934, America L, page 20/1:

     I am much intrigued as to whether that word Serendipity […] was found in some old dictionary or is a reaction to the Anchoret’s ubicating in a hen house at Auriesville.

2. (transitive, rare) To locate; to find and specify the location of.
   • 2003, Paul Proulx, “Review of Desano Grammar: Studies in the Languages of Colombia 6” in the International Journal of American Linguistics LXIX, № 1, pages 100–102:

     [The text] contains a great deal of information in a relatively few pages. The introduction begins by ubicating the Desano people and providing a very brief set of ethnographic comments. They live on the Vaupés river in Colombia […]

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:ubicate.

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Italian

Verb

ubicate

1. second-person plural present indicative of ubicare
2. second-person plural imperative of ubicare
3. feminine plural of ubicato