Hypertext Webster Gateway: "locate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Locate \Lo"cate\, v. i.
To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.
[Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Locate \Lo"cate\, v. t. [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
locate
v 1: discover the location of; determine the place of; find by
searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in
the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing" [syn: {turn
up}]
2: determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of; "Our
sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space";
"Can you locate China on the map?" [syn: {situate}]
3: assign a location to; "The company located some of their
agents in Los Angeles" [syn: {place}, {site}]
4: take up residence and become established; "The immigrants
settled in the Midwest" [syn: {settle}, {relocate}]
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