Religate

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To ligate again.
  2. 2
    Obsolete spelling of relegate. alt-of, obsolete

Synonyms

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banishdemotedemoteabaseaccreditassign

Etymology

Etymology 1

Partly from Latin religātus, the perfect passive participle of religō (“to bind back or behind”) and partly formed in English as re- + ligate.

Etymology 2

See relegate ³.

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