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alligating

alligating is the present participle and gerund of alligate.

Meaning of alligate

Verb

alligate (third-person singular simple present alligates, present participle alligating, simple past and past participle alligated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To bind or tie; to unite.
    • Instincts alligated to their nature.a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […]...
  2. To solve an arithmetic problem concerning proportions by means of alligation; to associate as having the same ratio.
    • Link or alligate the branches, so as one greater and another less than the root may be linked or yoked together.1859, J. Smith Homans, A Cyclopedia of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, page 27

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Questions about alligating

What is alligating the present participle and gerund of?
Alligating is the present participle and gerund of alligate.

Words near alligating in the dictionary

  1. alligarta
  2. alligartas
  3. alligate
  4. alligated
  5. alligates
  6. alligating
  7. alligation
  8. alligation medial
  9. alligations
  10. alligator
  11. alligator apple

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