[loh-keyt, loh-keyt] 
verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.| 1. | to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound. |
| 2. | to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris. |
| 3. | to assign or ascribe a particular location to (something), as by knowledge or opinion: Some scholars locate the Garden of Eden in Babylonia. |
| 4. | to survey and enter a claim to a tract of land; take possession of land. |
| 5. | to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle. |
| lo·cate (lō'kāt', lō-kāt') v. lo·cat·ed, lo·cat·ing, lo·cates v. tr.
To become established; settle. [Latin locāre, locāt-, to place, from locus, place.] lo'cat'a·ble adj., lo'cat'er n. |
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