colligate

English

Etymology

First attested in 1471, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English colligat(e) (bound together), 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.

Verb

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.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

colligate (comparative more colligate, superlative most colligate) (obsolete)

  1. (as a participle, figuratively and literally) Colligated, bound together.
    • 1578, John Banister, The Historie of Man, I. 19:
      The first & second Vertebre [] are most especially Colligate, & bound to the Head.

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

colligāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of colligō

References

  • 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.