colligate

The English word “colligate” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

To tie or bind together.
To formally link or connect together logically; to bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.

adjective

Colligated, bound together.

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.

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