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domiciliate, v.|dɒmɪˈsɪlɪeɪt|
[f. L. domicili-um, prob. after F. domicilier: cf. -ate3 6.]
1. trans. To establish in a domicile, home, or place of residence; to domicile. Also fig.
1778Burke Corr. (1844) II. 244 The very good-natured..letter..in a manner, domiciliated me already under the friendly roof you invited me to. 1808Wellington in Gurw. Desp. IV. 130 Subjects of France..domiciliated in Portugal. 1854De Quincey Autobiog. Sk. Wks. II. 190 His purpose was to domiciliate himself in this beautiful scenery.
b. intr. (for refl.)
1815J. Wilson in Four C. Eng. Lett. 466 We domiciliated with many [folks in the Highlands]. 1823Lamb Lett. (1888) II. 81 Just as I had learned to domiciliate there, I must come back to find a home which is no home.
2. trans. = domicile v. 2.
1879Escott England I. 200 A foreign country in need of a loan always tries to domiciliate it in London.
†3. To accustom to a house or permanent dwelling-place; to domesticate (animals). Obs. rare.
1782T. Pownall Study of Antiq. 61 (T.) The propagation..of the domiciliated animals. 1816Keatinge Trav. (1817) I. 76 Who had domiciliated the birds of the air. Ibid. 339 A primitive domiciliated people dwelling in hamlets.
Hence domiˈciliated ppl. a.
1782[see sense 3]. 1819J. Wilson Compl. Dict. Astrol., Domiciliated, a planet is so called when in its house. 1849Grote Greece ii. lxi. (1862) V. 310 Now began that incessant marauding of domiciliated enemies. |