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colligate

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Colligate \Col"li*gate\, a.
   Bound together.

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.

Source : WordNet®

colligate
     v 1: make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these
          two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these
          facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: {associate},
           {tie in}, {relate}, {link}, {link up}, {connect}] [ant:
           {decouple}]
     2: consider (an instance of something) as part of a general
        rule or principle [syn: {subsume}]
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