'Colligate' definitions:
Definition of 'colligate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect] [ant: decouple, dissociate]
verb
Consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle [syn: subsume, colligate]
Definition of 'Colligate'
From: GCIDE
- Colligate \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. [1913 Webster]
- The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows. --Nicholson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Logic) To bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition. [1913 Webster]
- He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful . . . phenomena. --Tundall. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Colligate'
From: GCIDE
- Colligate \Col"li*gate\, a. Bound together. [1913 Webster]