col|lo|cate

col|lo|cate
col|lo|cate «KOL uh kayt», transitive verb, -cat|ed, -cat|ing.
1. to place together or side by side: »

The older rocks are abruptly collocated (Sir Roderick Murchison).

2. to put in place; arrange.
[< Latin collocāre (with English -ate1) < com- together + locāre place, put, set < locus a place]

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