单词 | relocate |
释义 | relocatev.ΚΠ 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. xix. 385 There is a kind of tacite Relocation, by taking the Rent before the hand, during which time..the setter cannot remove the Defuncts Successor for the years ensuing, in both which cases he is understood to relocate tacitely by these deeds. 2. Originally U.S. a. transitive. To move to another place; to change the location of; to resettle (a person). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > in different position changea1375 movea1382 shifta1400 skifta1400 transpose?1518 shiften1544 transplace1621 trans-situate1630 translocate1650 shuffle1694 mudge1823 relocate1829 translaya1861 to change around1871 the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > situate > in a different place relocate1829 re-site1917 reposition1959 1829 Niles' Reg. 25 July 357/2 Not a single family could be induced, even at the expense of the government, to relocate itself permanently. 1834 A. Lincoln et al. in I. D. Tarbell Early Life A. Lincoln (1896) xvii. 198 To view and relocate a part of the road..we have made the said relocation on good ground. 1866 Rep. Indian Affairs (U.S.) 76 If the Indians could be removed to some remote place equally fertile, and there relocated, it would no doubt be to their advantage. 1908 Pacific Monthly Feb. 204/2 The section east of here..has been practically all relocated, in places the new track being miles away from the original location. 1978 N.Y. Times 30 Mar. b3/5 Paving the way for the Nestlé Company to relocate its White Plains headquarters on the property. 2003 P. Collings in D. Chislett Urban 03 125 ‘Why'd you move back?’ ‘I met someone and she got relocated.’ b. intransitive. To move to a new location, esp. in order to work; to resettle. Frequently with to, in, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > establish residence > again resettle1600 relocate1851 the world > space > place > position or situation > be positioned or situated [verb (intransitive)] > take up position > new or different relocate1851 resituatec1865 1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 143 [This] determined the company to re-locate on higher ground. 1864 Congress. Globe 9 Mar. 1018/2 In a larger number of cases these persons having taken homesteads, and again desiring to sell and relocate,..have paid for the lands. 1894 Chicago Advance 31 May The congregation is preparing to re-locate in the north part of the city. 1957 D. T. Clark & B. A. Gottfried Dict. Business & Finance 308/1 Many such runaway shops have left the New England and Middle Atlantic states over a period of years, and relocated in the South. 1971 Daily Mail 16 Mar. 22/1 (advt.) Applicants should be prepared to work in our London Office initially, and relocate to new premises in Basingstoke..by 1973. 1998 R. Gunesekera Sandglass xii. 269 When her maternity leave ended Naomi was expected to relocate..to Manchester. 3. transitive. U.S. (chiefly Mining). To reallocate (land); to reassign, reappropriate (land, a mine, etc.).In quot. 1845 intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot > to a person as his share > afresh reallot1827 relocate1845 reallocate1899 1845 Jrnl. Proc. Senate 1st Gen. Assembly Florida (Appendix) 40 The same law..authorized Illinois to relinquish her ‘entire township’, and re-locate in ‘quarter sections’. 1869 R. W. Raymond Mineral Resources of States & Territories 103 Any claim opened to a certain extent..remains forever the property of the claimant, and can never be relocated on account of subsequent abandonment. 1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 14 The district was located in 1856 for..quartz and placer mining... Since then it has been relocated in 1863. 1879 H. George Progress & Poverty vii. v. 347 If this work were not done, anyone could re-locate the ground. 1903 Copper Handbk. III. vii. 120 In 1900 the Great Rambler mine, opened and abandoned as a gold property, was relocated for copper. 1954 Modesto (Calif.) Bee 13 Oct. 39/4 In some instances a claimant is unable to complete his assessment work in a year. The law allows him to relocate the claim..but this is risky because the claim can be relocated by any person. 2004 R. H. Limbaugh & W. P. Fuller Calaveras Gold 59 His syndicate relocated the Crystal mine, and old property that had been worked intermittently, then abandoned. 4. transitive. Originally U.S. To find again; to reascertain the location of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > find the place of > again relocate1874 1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining iii. xii. 517 They formed a code of laws, relocated the various outcrops, went to work in earnest and developed the mines. 1885 Harper's Mag. May 835/2 Some individuals were able to relocate some of the old diggings. 1907 C. B. Breed & G. L. Hosmer Princ. & Pract. Surv. (ed. 2) 114 The plan..does not contain all the data and frequently not enough to enable another surveyor to relocate the property. 1953 Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 80 425 The group managed to relocate what was probably the old stand of table mountain pine.., but not without some search. 2005 D. H. Tanke in P. J. Currie & E. B. Koppelhus Dinosaur Provinc. Park ii. 37 A concerted effort has been made to relocate lost sites... Old photographs are critical for relocating lost quarries. Derivatives reloˈcated adj. ΚΠ 1830 J. Bentham Constit. Code I. vi. 86 As to the evil effects from undiscontinued relocability, they have for their immediate cause the probabilization of relative inaptitude in all shapes, on the part of the relocated functionary. 1963 Amer. Jrnl. Econ. & Sociol. 22 127 Relocated families have shown a considerable preference for ultimately selecting their own habitations. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 31 Oct. iii. 7/1 He..visited scores of relocated urbanites to ask how they liked their new homes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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