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ubicate

ubicate

English

Verb

ubicate ‎(third-person singular simple present ubicates, present participle ubicating, simple past and past participle ubicated)

  1. (intransitive, uncommon) 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 usage examples of this term, see Citations:ubicate.

Italian

Verb

ubicate

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

Etymology

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

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