Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Locate
Lo′cate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Located
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Locating
.] 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.
Lo′cate
,Verb.
I.
To place one’s self; to take up one's residence; to settle;
as, to
. locate
in Seattle[Colloq.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Locate
LO'CATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To place; to set in a particular spot or position.2.
To select, survey and settle the bounds of a particular tract of land; or to designate a portion of land by limits; as, to locate a tract of a hundred acres in a particular township.3.
To designate and determine the place of; as, a committee was appointed to locate a church or a court house.