collocate

Borrowed from Latin collocatum, supine of collocō. Doublet of couch.

collocate (third-person singular simple present collocates, present participle collocating, simple past and past participle collocated)

1. (linguistics, translation studies) (said of certain words) To be often used together, form a collocation; for example strong collocates with tea.
2. To arrange or occur side by side. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (obsolete, transitive) To set or place; to station.
   • E. Hall

     to marshal and collocate in order his battalions

collocate (plural collocates)

1. (linguistics) A component word of a collocation.

collocate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Set; placed.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

collocate

1. second-person plural present indicative of collocare
2. second-person plural imperative of collocare
3. feminine plural of collocato

collocāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of collocō