ubicate

English

Etymology

Compare ubication. Ultimately from ubi (“where”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: yo͞oʹ-bĭk-āt, IPA^(key): /ˈjuː.bɪk.eɪ̯t/

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• Hyphenation: u‧bic‧ate
• Rhymes: -uːbɪkeɪt

Verb

ubicate (third-person singular simple present ubicates, present participle ubicating, simple past and past participle ubicated)

1. (intransitive, rare) To take up residence (in a place); to lodge (somewhere).
   • 1934, America, L, page 20/1:

     I am much intrigued as to whether that word Serendipity […] was found in some old dictionary or is a reaction to the Anchoret’s ubicating in a hen house at Auriesville.

2. (transitive, rare) To locate; to find and specify the location of.
   • 2003, Paul Proulx, “Review of Desano Grammar: Studies in the Languages of Colombia 6”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, LXIX, № 1, pages 100-102:

     [The text] contains a great deal of information in a relatively few pages. The introduction begins by ubicating the Desano people and providing a very brief set of ethnographic comments. They live on the Vaupés river in Colombia […]

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:ubicate.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

ubicate

1. inflection of ubicare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

ubicate f pl

1. feminine plural of ubicato

Spanish

Verb

ubicate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of ubicar combined with te