domiciliate

Settle into home

To domiciliate is to establish residence in a place or to provide someone with a dwelling.

The word is formal and legalistic, appearing mainly in immigration and tax contexts where establishing official residence matters: She domiciliated in Switzerland for tax purposes.

The noun domicile and verb domicile are more common than this longer form.

dwelling

house

Residential building

home · flat · condominium · cottage · bungalow · villa · townhouse · manor · cabin · chalet

reside

inhabit

To dwell within

tenant · resident · occupant · householder · leaseholder · settler · cohabitant · residency · inhabitant · lodger

domestic

housekeeping

Domestic cleaning and upkeep

family · home life · routine · stability · comfort · nesting · furnishing · decorating · upkeep · maintenance

settle

establish

Create formally, permanently

  • anchorSecures ships to seabed
  • rootUnderground absorbing structure
  • entrenchFix firmly in place

permanence · stabilize · embed · implant · integrate · naturalize · acclimate · adapt · assimilate · put down roots

shelter

refuge

Place of safety

protection · roof · hostel · barracks · tent · camp · hut · temporary housing · emergency housing · safe house

relocate

movers

Relocation workers

uproot · emigrate · immigrate · transfer · relocation · destination · departure · arrival · expatriate · house-hunting

Opposites
residential permanence

domiciliatewander

Move without fixed direction

roam · drift · itinerate · nomadize · sojourn

departure vs. settlement

domiciliateevict

Remove from property legally

displace · uproot · expatriate · depart · vacate

Family

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