Dictionary entry

Situate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Sit″u‐ate (?; 135), Sit″u‐a′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.

2. Placed; residing.

Pleasure situate in hill and dale. Milton.

Situate is now less used than situated, but both are well authorized.