— locatable , adj.
/loh"kayt, loh kayt"/ , v. , located, locating .
v.t.
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.
v.i.
5. to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.
[ 1645-55, Amer.; locatus, ptp. of locare to put in a given position, place; see LOCUS, -ATE 1 ]