locate vs place in formation

locate

verb
  • To find out where something is located. 

  • To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.) 

  • To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle. 

  • To place; to set in a particular spot or position. 

place in formation

How often have the words locate and place in formation occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )