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colligates

colligates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of colligate.

Meaning of colligate

Verb

colligate (third-person singular simple present colligates, present participle colligating, simple past and past participle colligated)

  1. (transitive) To tie or bind together.
    • Near-synonym: ligate
    Synonyms:
    ligate
  2. (transitive) To formally link or connect together logically; to bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.
    • He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful […] phenomena.1870, Dr. Bence Jones, Life and Letters of Faraday

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Questions about colligates

What is colligates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Colligates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of colligate.

Words near colligates in the dictionary

  1. colligable
  2. Colligan
  3. Colligans
  4. colligate
  5. colligated
  6. colligates
  7. colligating
  8. colligation
  9. colligational
  10. colligations
  11. colligative

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