Definition for SIT'U-A-TED

SIT'U-A-TED, a. [See Situate.]

  1. Seated, placed or standing with respect to any other object; as, a city situated or a declivity, or in front of a lake; a town well situated for trade or manufactures; an observatory well situated for observation of the stars. New York is situated in the forty-first degree of N. latitude.
  2. Placed or being in any state or condition with regard to men or things. Observe how the executor is situated with respect to the heirs.

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