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Unicate vs Ubicate - What's the difference?

unicate | ubicate |

As a noun unicate

is a biological specimen that has no duplicates.

As a verb ubicate is

to take up residence (in a place); to lodge (somewhere).

unicate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany, zoology) A biological specimen that has no duplicates.
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    • ubicate

    English

    Verb

    (ubicat)
  • To take up residence (in a place); to lodge (somewhere).
  • * 1934 , L, page 20/1:
    • I am much intrigued as to whether that word Serendipity was found in some old dictionary or is a reaction to the Anchoret’s ubicating in a hen house at Auriesville.
  • To locate; to find and specify the location of.
  • * 2003 , Paul Proulx, “Review of Desano Grammar: Studies in the Languages of Colombia 6''” in the ''(International Journal of American Linguistics) LXIX, ? 1, pages 100–102:
    • [The text] contains a great deal of information in a relatively few pages. The introduction begins by ubicating the Desano people and providing a very brief set of ethnographic comments. They live on the Vaupés river in Colombia
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