[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

situate \sit"uate\, v. t.
   to place. r. --landor.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

situate \sit"uate\ ?; 135, situated \sit"ua`ted\, a. ll.
   situatus, from situare to place, fr. l. situs situation,
   site. see site.
   1. 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

   2. placed; residing.
      1913 webster

            pleasure situate in hill and dale.    --milton.
      1913 webster

   note: situate is now less used than situated, but both are
         well authorized.
         1913 webster
see also:
site 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

situate
     v 1: determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if
          by an instrument or by a survey; "our sense of sight
          enables us to locate objects in space"; "locate the
          boundaries of the property" syn: locate
     2: put something somewhere firmly; "she posited her hand on
        his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix
        your eyes on this spot" syn: fix, posit, deposit
see also:
locate fix posit deposit 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 moby thesaurus words for "situate":
   allocate, assign, collocate, deploy, dispose, emplace, fix,
   get a fix, home in on, install, localize, locate, navigate,
   pin down, pinpoint, place, position, put, put in place, set, spot,
   triangulate, zero in on

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