situate

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SIT'UATE, adjective [Latin situs, sedeo.] 1. Placed, with respect to any other object; as a town situate on a hill or on the sea shore. 2. Placed; consisting. Pleasure situate in hill and dale [Note. In the United States, this word is less used than situated, but both are well authorized.]
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