locate, verb transitive

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EnglishShow more Special sense of general English locate to establish oneself in a place, to settle.
obs.
Usually passive. Of persons: to be placed in or on a location (sense 1 a and 2); to be allocated land in a location.
1846 Natal Witness 10 Apr. 1At present the natives are located — according to their own choice of land — they grow more than sufficient for their own consumption.
1851 J.J. Freeman Tour 361They are located by the Government, and on these locations they cultivate lands and build their native huts.
1858 J. Goldswain Chron. (1946) I. 21The place ware we was Located [was] just in a line with jargers Drift.
1875 D. Leslie Among Zulus 306These natives are located i.e., portions of the land of Natal are laid off for occupation by them.
to be placed in or on a location (sense 1 a and 2); to be allocated land in a location.
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