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col⋅li⋅gate
[kol-i-geyt] 
–verb (used with object), -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing.
| 1. | to bind or fasten together. |
| 2. | Logic. to link (facts) together by a general description or by a hypothesis that applies to them all. |
Origin:
1425–75 for obs. adj. sense “bound together”; 1535–45 for def. 1; < L colligātus (ptp. of colligāre), equiv. to col- col- 1 + ligā- (s. of ligāre to bind) + -tus ptp. ending
1425–75 for obs. adj. sense “bound together”; 1535–45 for def. 1; < L colligātus (ptp. of colligāre), equiv. to col- col- 1 + ligā- (s. of ligāre to bind) + -tus ptp. ending
Related forms:
col⋅li⋅ga⋅tion, noun
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| col·li·gate (kŏl'ĭ-gāt') tr.v. col·li·gat·ed, col·li·gat·ing, col·li·gates
[Latin colligāre, colligāt- : com-, com- + ligāre, to tie, bind; see leig- in Indo-European roots.] col'li·ga'tion n. |
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Colligate
Col"li*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colligated; p. pr. & vb. n. Colligating.] [L. colligatus, p. p. of colligare to collect; co- + ligare to bind.]1. To tie or bind together. The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows. --Nicholson. 2. (Logic) To bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition. He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful . . . phenomena. --Tundall.Colligate
Col"li*gate\, a. Bound together.
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