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alligate en · ADJ
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From Latin alligatus (“tied, bound”), past participle of alligo (“to bind”), from ad + ligo (“to bind”). Doublet of alloy.
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(not-comparable) Having the same proportion or ratio.
The proportional parts are then found by reducing the alligate parts to the same denominator , dropping the denominators and writing the numerators .
1938, Joseph A. Zappa, Civil Service Manual: Mental Tests for Federal Examinations, page 94:
alligate en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin alligatus (“tied, bound”), past participle of alligo (“to bind”), from ad + ligo (“to bind”). Doublet of alloy.
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(obsolete, transitive) To bind or tie; to unite.
Poor Blind Tom, the very tail end of the long decadency, has a gift that alligates him to the angels.
1887, S. F. Walker, The Ruins Revisited, and the World-story Retold, page 38:Instincts alligated to their nature.
a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:
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To solve an arithmetic problem concerning proportions by means of alligation; to associate as having the same ratio.
Link or alligate the branches, so as one greater and another less than the root may be linked or yoked together.
1859, J. Smith Homans, A Cyclopedia of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, page 27:
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