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Colligate

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Colligated, bound together. figuratively, literally, obsolete

    "The first & second Vertebre […] are most especially Colligate, & bound to the Head."

Verb
  1. 1
    To tie or bind together. transitive

    "Near-synonym: ligate"

  2. 2
    consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle wordnet
  3. 3
    To formally link or connect together logically; to bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition. transitive

    "He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful […] phenomena."

  4. 4
    make a logical or causal connection wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in 1471, in Middle English;inherited from Middle English colligat(e) (“bound together”), Latin colligātus, perfect passive participle of colligō (“to bind, fasten; to unite, combine”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, co- + ligate. Sporadic participial usage of the adjective up until the end of the 16ᵗʰ century.

Etymology 2

First attested in 1471, in Middle English;inherited from Middle English colligat(e) (“bound together”), Latin colligātus, perfect passive participle of colligō (“to bind, fasten; to unite, combine”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, co- + ligate. Sporadic participial usage of the adjective up until the end of the 16ᵗʰ century.

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