Colligate
adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To tie or bind together. transitive
"Near-synonym: ligate"
- 2 consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle wordnet
- 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 make a logical or causal connection wordnet
- 1 Colligated, bound together. figuratively, literally, obsolete
"The first & second Vertebre […] are most especially Colligate, & bound to the Head."
Example
More examples"The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows."
Etymology
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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