situated, ppl. a.
(ˈsɪtjuːeɪtɪd)
[f. as situate ppl. a. + -ed1.]
1. Of places or things: Placed, located.
| 1560 J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 116 Asperge situated on a verey hyghe mountayne standyng alone. a 1586 Sidney Arcadia iii. (Sommer) 299 While he cast his eye about,..cursing all Ilands in being euill scituated. 1650 T. B[ayley] Worcester's Apoph. 13 A place so proudly scituated, that you might as well command all the Countrey. 1699 Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1749) 153 It is scituated in the Wilderness. 1780 Mirror No. 95, His estate..is situated in an agreeable neighbourhood. 1808 Cruttwell Univ. Gazetteer (ed. 2) III, Oxford, a city..situated on a gentle eminence. 1868 Lockyer Elem. Astron. §83 The great nebula of Orion is situated in the part of the constellation occupied by the sword-handle. |
b. Used attributively, chiefly with advs.
| 1601 Chester Love's Mart. (1878) 77 What famous towne and situated Seate Is that huge Building that is made by Art? 1854 Greenwood Haps & Mishaps 120 Belfast is a handsomely-situated and well-built town. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 94 The..finely-situated..Endcliffe House. |
2. Of persons: Placed in relation to, or in respect of, circumstances.
| 1702 C. Mather Magn. Chr. vii. 110 There have been some rich Men, that were finely Scituated, and had all things richly to Enjoy. 1806 A. Knox Rem. (1844) I. 74 In one way or other, he will still, as he is situated, cultivate the Communion of Saints. 1857 C. Brontë Professor vi, It was impossible for me to be thus situated, and not feel the angel or the demon of my race at work within me. |