sited, ppl. a.
(ˈsaɪtɪd)
Also 7 scited.
[f. site n.2 or L. sit-us placed, situated.]
1. a. Of buildings, countries, etc.: Having a (certain) site or situation; situated. Usually const. with preps. or advs. (Common c 1600–1650, and in recent use.)
| α 1455 Rolls of Parlt. V. 305/2 A mansion for the Dean there, sited betwene the Toure called the Clokhous, and the wall of our seid Palice. 1585 W. Whitaker Answ. Rainolds 283 The garden wherein Adam for a time remained, was sited in the east. 1598 R. Grenewey Tacitus, Ann. xiii. xii. (1622) 198 A Riuer..sited in the confines of both their Countries. 1619 in Foster Eng. Factories India (1906) I. 72 A little howse..sited in midst of a small wood. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Isl. i. xxxviii, This fair Isle, sited so nearely neare. 1975 No Through Road (Automobile Assoc.), This unusually sited lake, halfway up a steep hillside, was created when a glacial overflow channel became blocked. 1979 Weekend Bargain Breaks (Trusthouse Forte) 17/1 The hotel..is well sited in this peaceful town. |
| β 1610 Holland Camden's Brit. 122 Ireland, an Isle most fruitful, and fitly scited to endamage Spain. 1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. iv. 179 Aix.., scited in the furthermost parts of Provence. a 1661 ― Worthies ii. London (1662) 218 The City of Leyden is scited in the very bottom of the Low-Countries. |
b. Turned, or facing, in respect of site.
rare.
| 1665 J. Webb Stone-Heng (1725) 102 Their Temples were..sited indifferently towards all Parts of the World. |
† 2. Of things, persons, etc.: Having a particular place or position; placed, seated.
Obs.| 1609 Holland Amm. Marcell. xx. iii. 145 When she [the moon] is sited just against and directly by line opposite, she will shine out at the full. 1624 Gataker Wife in Deed 10 A wart, or a wen,..sited and seated in some conspicuous part. 1624 ― Transubst. 98 What should he speake to him as sited elsewhere, when hee hath him corporally there present? 1660 R. Coke Justice Vind. 9 Aristotle..makes virtue and vice to be sited in the power of man. |