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col⋅li⋅gate

  [kol-i-geyt]
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–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

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

  1. To tie or group together.

  2. Logic To bring (isolated facts) together by an explanation or hypothesis that applies to them all.


[Latin colligāre, colligāt- : com-, com- + ligāre, to tie, bind; see leig- in Indo-European roots.]
col'li·ga'tion n.
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