About The Word Colligate
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What's The Definition Of Colligate?
[v] consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle
[v] make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts" Synonyms | Synonyms for Colligate: associate | connect | link | link up | relate | subsume | tie in Related Terms | Find terms related to Colligate: See Also | cerebrate | cogitate | correlate | free-associate | have in mind | identify | include | interrelate | mean | remember | think | think of Colligate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Col"li*gate\, a. Bound together. |
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