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LO'CATE, v.t. [L. loco,locatus.]
1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
2. To select, survey and settle the bounds of a particular tract of land; or to designate a portion of land by limits; as, to locate a tract of a hundred acres in a particular township.
3. To designate and determine the place of; as, a committee was appointed to locate a church or a court house.