locater
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lo·cate
(lō′kāt′, lō-kāt′)v. lo·cat·ed, lo·cat·ing, lo·cates
v.tr.
1. To determine or specify the position or limits of: locate Albany on the map; managed to locate the site of the old artists' colony.
2. To find by searching, examining, or experimenting: locate the source of error.
3. To place at a certain location; station or situate: locate an agent in Rochester.
v.intr.
To become established; settle: new businesses that have located in town.
[Latin locāre, locāt-, to place, from locus, place.]
lo′cat′a·ble adj.
lo′cat′er n.
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Noun | 1. | locater - a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims surveyor - an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures |
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