Word origins - 2ed. J. Ayto. 2005.
Situate — Sit u*ate (?; 135), Situated Sit u*a ted, a. [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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
situate — meaning situated, survives in legal language and occasionally in the language of estate agents descriptions, in the UK and beyond: • The premises situate at Lukashya turn off, Mungwi Road Times of Zambia, 1977. It has no place in general usage … Modern English usage
Situate — Sit u*ate, v. t. To place. [R.] Landor. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
situate — index allocate, deposit (place), establish (entrench), locate, lodge (house), pinpoint … Law dictionary
situate — 1530s, to give a site to, from M.L. situatus, pp. of situare to place, locate, from L. situs place, position (see SITE (Cf. site)) … Etymology dictionary
situate — [v] locate establish, fix, park, place, position, put, put in place, set, settle, stand; concept 226 … New thesaurus
situate — ► VERB 1) place in a particular location or context. 2) (be situated) be in a specified financial or marital position. ORIGIN Latin situare place , from situs site … English terms dictionary
situate — [sich′o͞o it, sich′o͞oāt΄; ] for v. [, sich′o͞oāt΄] adj. [ML situatus, pp. of situare, to place < L situs: see SITE] rare or archaic var. of SITUATED vt. situated, situating to put in a certain place or position; place; locate … English World dictionary
situate — sit|u|ate [ˈsıtʃueıt] v [T] formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Medieval Latin; Origin: , past participle of situare, from Latin situs; SITE1] to describe or consider something as being part of something else or related to something else situate sth in… … Dictionary of contemporary English
situate — [[t]sɪ̱tʃueɪt[/t]] situates, situating, situated VERB If you situate something such as an idea or fact in a particular context, you relate it to that context, especially in order to understand it better. [FORMAL] [V n adv/prep] How do we situate… … English dictionary
situate — UK [ˈsɪtʃueɪt] / US [ˈsɪtʃuˌeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms situate : present tense I/you/we/they situate he/she/it situates present participle situating past tense situated past participle situated formal 1) to put something, especially a… … English dictionary
