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.
To find out where something is located.
I really can't locate the sever files.
To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.
The council must locate the new hospital
Borrowed from Latin locātus, perfect passive participle of locō (“to place”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from locus (“place”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French louer; see also loca...
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