ubicate
English
Etymology
Compare ubication. Ultimately from ubi (“where”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: yo͞oʹ-bĭk-āt, IPA(key): /ˈjuː.bɪk.eɪ̯t/
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: u‧bic‧ate
- Rhymes: -uːbɪkeɪt
Verb
ubicate (third-person singular simple present ubicates, present participle ubicating, simple past and past participle ubicated)
- (intransitive, rare) To take up residence (in a place); to lodge (somewhere).
- 1934, America L, page 20/1:
- I am much intrigued as to whether that word Serendipity […] was found in some old dictionary or is a reaction to the Anchoret’s ubicating in a hen house at Auriesville.
- 1934, America L, page 20/1:
- (transitive, rare) To locate; to find and specify the location of.
- 2003, Paul Proulx, “Review of Desano Grammar: Studies in the Languages of Colombia 6” in the International Journal of American Linguistics LXIX, № 1, pages 100–102:
- [The text] contains a great deal of information in a relatively few pages. The introduction begins by ubicating the Desano people and providing a very brief set of ethnographic comments. They live on the Vaupés river in Colombia […]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:ubicate.
- 2003, Paul Proulx, “Review of Desano Grammar: Studies in the Languages of Colombia 6” in the International Journal of American Linguistics LXIX, № 1, pages 100–102:
Italian
Verb
ubicate
- inflection of ubicare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Participle
ubicate f pl
- feminine plural of ubicato