(v) discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining, Syn.turn up, Example: Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?; My search turned up nothing
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Located p. pr. & vb. n. Locating. ] [ L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus place. See Local. ] 1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position. [ 1913 Webster ]
The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. B. F. Westcott. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant. [ 1913 Webster ]
That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. To discover the location or site of; as, to locate the source of a radio transmission; to locate a leak; to locate the malfunction in a system. [ PJC ]
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