Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SITUATE, v. Also Sc. forms in ppl.adj. situat(e), †sitevate (Sc. 1745 S.C. Misc. (1841) 414), seetiwat (Abd. 1882 W. Alexander My Ain Folk 169), situated (Sc. a.1714 Earls Crm. (Fraser 1876) II. 496, 1756 J. Fleming Robert Adam (1962) 230, 1819 Montrose Chronicle (19 Nov.) 8, ne.Sc. 1970), now obs. or dial. in Eng. The form is still used in legal phraseology. Deriv. sitevatione (Sc. 1745 S.C. Misc. (1841) 415), sitivation (Bnff. 1837 J. Leslie Willie and Maggie 29), seetivation (Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb x.), seetywation (Abd. 1932 Abd. Univ. Review 102), seetiation (Lnk. 1893 T. Stewart Among the Miners 58).
[For the ppl.adj., cf. Late Lat. situatus, situated. The -v- develops from the semi-vowel -w- ( < -u + glide) as in P.L.D. § 137. O.Sc. sitwat, ppl.adj., 1467.]
