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al⋅li⋅gate

[al-i-geyt]
–verb (used with object), -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing. Obsolete.
to attach; bind.

Origin:
1535–45; < L alligātus (ptp. of alligāre), equiv. to al- al- + lig- bind (see ligature ) + -ātus -ate 1
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