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. That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. H. Spencer.
LOCATE
Lo"cate, v. i.
Defn: To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.
[Colloq.]
LOCATION
Lo*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. locatio, fr. locare.]
1. The act or process of locating.
2. Situation; place; locality. Locke.
3. That which is located; a tract of land designated in place. [U.S.]
4. (Law) (a) (Civil Law) A leasing on rent. (b) (Scots Law) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire. Wharton. (c) (Amer. Law)
Defn: The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc. Burrill. Bouvier.
LOCATIVE
Loc"a*tive, a. (Gram.)