colligate

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin colligatus, past participle of colligare (to collect).

Verb

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colligate (third-person singular simple present colligates, present participle colligating, simple past and past participle colligated)

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

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Latin

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Verb

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colligāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of colligō

References

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  • colligate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • colligate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.