Sit’ū-ate, a.

adjective

a. [L. Lat. situatus, from situare, to place, from Lat. situs, situation, site; It. situato, Sp. situado, Pr. situat, Fr. situé. See SITE.]

Sense 1. Permanently fixed; placed; as, a town situate on a hill or on the sea-shore.

Sense 2. Placed; residing. “Pleasure situate in hill and dale.” Milton.

Sense 3. In the United States, this word is less used than situated; but both are well authorized.