DOMICILIATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does domiciliate mean? 

• DOMICILIATE (verb)
  The verb DOMICILIATE has 2 senses:

1. make one's home in a particular place or community

2. provide housing for

  Familiarity information: DOMICILIATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOMICILIATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they domiciliate    ... he / she / it domiciliates   
Past simple: domiciliated   
Past participle: domiciliated   
-ing form: domiciliating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make one's home in a particular place or community

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

domicile; domiciliate; reside; shack

Context example:

may parents reside in Florida

Hypernyms (to "domiciliate" is one way to...):

dwell; inhabit; live; populate (be an inhabitant of or reside in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "domiciliate"):

rusticate (live in the country and lead a rustic life)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Provide housing for

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

domiciliate; house; put up

Context example:

The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town

Hypernyms (to "domiciliate" is one way to...):

shelter (provide shelter for)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "domiciliate"):

rehouse (put up in a new or different housing)

home (provide with, or send to, a home)

accommodate; lodge (provide housing for)

chamber (place in a chamber)

take in (provide with shelter)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

domiciliation (temporary living quarters)