locate

locate
locate (v.) 1650s, "to establish oneself in a place, settle," from L. locatus, pp. of locare "to place, put, set, dispose, arrange," from locus "a place" (see LOCUS (Cf. locus)). Sense of "mark the limits of a place" (especially a land grant) is attested from 1739 in Amer.Eng.; this developed to "establish (something) in a place" (1807) and "to find out the place of" (1882, Amer.Eng.). Related: Located; locating.

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