locate

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 ]

v. i. To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle; as, to locate in Seattle. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]