situate

Alternative forms

• scituate (hyper‐correct, obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin situātus, past participle of Medieval Latin situō (“to locate, place”), from Latin situs (“a site”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪt͡ʃueɪt/
• Hyphenation: sit‧u‧ate

Verb

situate (third-person singular simple present situates, present participle situating, simple past and past participle situated)

1. (transitive) To place on or into a physical location.

   The statue is situated in a corner hardly visible to the public, except through a window from an outside maintenance area situated behind the building.

2. (transitive) To place or put into an intangible place or position, such as social, ethical, fictional, etc. Most commonly used adjectivally in past participle and often used figuratively.

   The mayor is situated between probable censure and possible recall.

Adjective

situate (comparative more situate, superlative most situate)

1. (now rare) Situated.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
     , II.ii.3:

     Wadley in Berkshire is situate in a vale, though not so fertile a soil as some vales afford […].

   • Milton

     Pleasure situate in hill and dale.

Further reading

• situate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• situate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• situate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Adjective

situate

1. feminine plural of situato

Verb

situate

1. second-person plural present indicative of situare
2. second-person plural imperative of situare
3. feminine plural of situato

Anagrams

• autiste, usitate

Verb

situāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of situō