resituatev.
/ˌriːˈsɪtjʊeɪt/, /ˌriːˈsɪtʃʊeɪt/, U.S. /ˌriˈsɪtʃəˌweɪt/ transitive and intransitive. To move to a different situation; to relocate; to reposition.
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the world > space > place > position or situation > be positioned or situated [verb (intransitive)] > take up position > new or different
relocate1851
resituatec1865
the world > space > place > position or situation > take up position [verb (reflexive)] > new or different
resituate1974
c1865 E. Dickinson Poems (1955) II. 734 Bore Death from Passion All His East He—sovreign as the Sun Resituated in the West And the Debate was done.
1946 Lubbock (Texas) Morning Avalanche 13 July 2/4 The motion picture screen and projector had been turned around and re-situated so the invalid physician could enjoy the movies through her window.
1974 D. Richards Coming of Winter i. 6 He could feel sharp blades of undergrowth so he resituated himself once or twice.
2005 Hesperia 74 598 The slabs, mostly laid on bedrock, had been resituated late in antiquity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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