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homestead ((v.)) † 
v. take up public lands under the conditions of the Homestead Act (def. 2).
See also: Homestead Act (def. 2) locate
- 1913 Any person who is the sole head of a family, or any male over 18 years old, may homestead a quarter-section of available Dominion land in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, or Alberta.
- 1953 He homesteaded in 1910 near the town of Success. . . .
- 1962 They [eastern Europeans] homesteaded the poorer, outlying lands; they cleared, dug, ditched, and drained them, using their first money to buy modern machinery. . . .
- 1913 Any person who is the sole head of a family, or any male over 18 years old, may homestead a quarter-section of available Dominion land in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, or Alberta.