religate

English

Etymology 1

Partly from religāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Classical borrowing from Latin religō (“I bind back or behind”) and partly formed in English as re- +‎ ligate.

Verb

religate (third-person singular simple present religates, present participle religating, simple past and past participle religated)

1. (surgery) To ligate again.

Etymology 2

See relegate ³.

Verb

religate (third-person singular simple present religates, present participle religating, simple past and past participle religated)

1. Obsolete spelling of relegate [17th century]

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Latin

Verb

religāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of religō

Participle

religāte

1. vocative masculine singular of religātus