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colligating

colligating is the present participle and gerund 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 colligating

What is colligating the present participle and gerund of?
Colligating is the present participle and gerund of colligate.

Words near colligating in the dictionary

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

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