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   Sit·u·ate

   verb

   • 1. fix or build (something) in a certain place or position: "the pilot light is usually situated at the front of the boiler"
   • ▪ put in context; describe the circumstances surrounding (something): "it is necessary to situate these ideas in the wider context of the economy"
   • ▪ be in a specified financial or marital position: "Amy is now comfortably situated"

   adjective

   • 1. situated. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin situat- ‘placed’, from the verb situare, from Latin situs ‘site’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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