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Situate

SIT'UATE, adjective [Latin situs, sedeo.]

1. Placed, with respect to any other object; as a town situate on a hill or on the sea shore.

2. Placed; consisting. Pleasure situate in hill and dale

[Note. In the United States, this word is less used than situated, but both are well authorized.]

First Occurrence in the Bible(KJV): 1 Samuel 14:5