religate

English

Etymology 1

Partly from Latin religātus, the perfect passive participle of religō (to 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]

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

religāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of religō

Participle

religāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of religātus

Spanish

Verb

religate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of religar combined with te