- present tense form of locate (3rd person singular).
locates
Example Sentences
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Scan a map of Louisiana, and see how populous it is with French patronymic locatives.
From A Hero and Some Other Folks by Quayle, William A. (William Alfred)
But of all the parts of the United States, New Mexico is most honeycombed with Spanish locatives.
From A Hero and Some Other Folks by Quayle, William A. (William Alfred)
In place of the dative in -ῳ, locatives in -οι are used in Locrian and Phocian.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
As in these three locatives we track three distinct peoples through England, we may, by the same method, fall on the footprints of divers civilizations in our New World.
From A Hero and Some Other Folks by Quayle, William A. (William Alfred)