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Meaning of COLLIGATE

Pronunciation:  'kâlu`geyt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle
  2. [v]  make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"
 
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 Synonyms: associate, connect, link, link up, relate, subsume, tie in
 
 Antonyms: dissociate
 
 See Also: cerebrate, cogitate, correlate, free-associate, have in mind, identify, include, interrelate, mean, remember, think, think of

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    
  2. \Col"li*gate\, a.
    Bound together.
    
 
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