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colligate en · ADJ

Etymology

First attested in 1471, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English colligat(e) (“bound together”)(adjective), Latin colligātus, perfect passive participle of colligō (“to bind, fasten; to unite, combine”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, co- + ligate. Sporadic participial usage of the adjective up until the end of the 16ᵗʰ century.

Meanings

  1. (as a participle, figuratively, literally, obsolete) Colligated, bound together.
    • The first & second Vertebre […] are most especially Colligate, & bound to the Head. 1578, John Banister, The Historie of Man, I. 19:

Forms

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most colligate Degree=Sup lexicographic
more colligate Degree=Cmp lexicographic

wikipedia: Middle English

colligate en · VERB

Etymology

First attested in 1471, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English colligat(e) (“bound together”)(adjective), Latin colligātus, perfect passive participle of colligō (“to bind, fasten; to unite, combine”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, co- + ligate. Sporadic participial usage of the adjective up until the end of the 16ᵗʰ century.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To tie or bind together.
    • The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows. 1821, William Nicholson, “ISINGLASS”, in American Edition of the British Encyclopedia:
    • Near-synonym: ligate
  2. (transitive) To formally link or connect together logically; to bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.
    • He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful […] phenomena. 1870, Dr. Bence Jones, Life and Letters of Faraday:

Forms

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colligates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
colligated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
colligated Tense=Past lexicographic
colligating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

bicolligate · colligative · colligability

Relateds

ligature · obligation · oblige · collocate · ligate · ligation · obligatory · lictor · collate · colligation

Synonyms

ligate

Translations (4)

bg обединявам (to formally link or connect together logically) · bg свързвам (to formally link or connect together logically) · pt coligar (to formally link or connect together logically) · it collegare (to formally link or connect together logically)

wikipedia: Middle English