situate

situate (ˈsɪtjʊˌeɪt)

—vb
1.	(tr; often passive) to allot a site to; place; locate

—*adj*
2.	(now used esp in legal contexts) situated; located

[C16: from Late Latin situāre to position, from Latin situs a site]

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Word Origin & History

situate

c.1532, f"to give a site to," rom M.L. situatus, pp. of situare "to place, locate," from L. situs "place, position" (see site).

Example sentences

First you must situate a novel in a particular school before you can evaluate

it on that school's principles.

Informed journalism explains how academics situate today's human predicaments

in the vastness of time and of space.

Stylish pillows wrapped in plastic invited you to make yourself comfortable and

situate yourself behind the connected computers.

The channels swing open for the user to effortlessly situate wires and cables.

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Matching Quote

"The places we have known do not only belong to the world of space in which we situate them for the sake of simplicity. They were but a thin slice between contiguous impression which formed our lives back then; the memory of a certain image is but the regret of a certain instant; and the houses, the roads, the avenues are fleeting, alas! as the years."

-Marcel Proust