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DOMICILIATE
house, put up, domiciliate
(verb) provide housing for; “The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town”
reside, shack, domicile, domiciliate
(verb) make one’s home in a particular place or community; “may parents reside in Florida”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
domiciliate (third-person singular simple present domiciliates, present participle domiciliating, simple past and past participle domiciliated)
(intransitive) To establish a permanent residence.
(transitive) To establish a permanent residence for (someone).
(transitive, figuratively) To settle (oneself) into a mode of thinking or the like.
Usage notes
• The figurative sense is most often used with himself or a similar pronoun as its object.
Source: Wiktionary
Dom`i*cil"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Domiciliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Domiciliating.] Etym: [See Domicile.]
1. To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.
2. To domesticate. Pownall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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