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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