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situated
CIDE DICTIONARY
situated, a. [LL. situatus, from situare to place, fr. L. situs situation, site. See Site.].
- Having a site, situation, or location; being in a relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore. [1913 Webster]
- Placed; residing. [1913 Webster]" Situate is now less used than situated, but both are well authorized." [1913 Webster]"Pleasure situate in hill and dale." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
situated
assigned, deployed, embosomed, emplaced, ensconced, established, fixed, installed, located, placed, planted, positioned, posted, seated, set, settled, situate, spotted, stationedROGET THESAURUS
situated
Situation
N situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude, footing, standing, standpoint, post, stage, aspect, attitude, posture, pose, environment, surroundings (location), circumjacence, place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts, ground, bearings, spot, topography, geography, chorography, map, situate, situated, local, topical, topographical, in situ, in loco, here and there, passim, hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts, in place, here, there, in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage.For further exploring for "situated" in Webster Dictionary Online