Sentence:  The underlying assumption , of course , is that only sight and touch enable us , in any precise and fully dependable way , to <WSD>locate</WSD> objects in space beyond us , the other senses being decidedly inferior , if not totally inadequate , in this regard . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey