Obs. [L. ubi where. So Sp. ubi place, room.]
1. Place, position; location. (In common use c. 1640–1740.)
1614. T. Adams, Physicke fr. Heaven, in Diuells Banket, etc., 321. Euery spirtuall Phisitian must keepe his right vbi.
1644. Digby, Nat. Bodies, i. (1645), 8. It is but assigning an Ubi to such a spirit and he is presently riveted to what place you please; and by multiplying the Ubies [etc.].
1661. Glanvill, Van. Dogm., 101. Nor are we solicitous for the Ubi of Vertue, or any other Immaterial accident.
1704. Norris, Ideal World, II. iii. 223. Spirit cannot resist body, as being capable of coexisting in the same ubi with it.
1740. Cheyne, Regimen, 215. That Bodies … must have an Ubi, a local permanent Situation at last, is certain.
2. Present place or location; whereabouts.
1778. H. Walpole, Lett. to W. Mason, 15 May. The ubi of the Toulon squadron is not ascertained.
