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deligate

deligate verb: to bind up; to bandage.

Verb

deligate (third-person singular simple present deligates, present participle deligating, simple past and past participle deligated)

  1. (dated, transitive) To bind up; to bandage.
    • Every one is aware of the uncertainty as well as great danger of the different cutting and deligating operations for the removal of this distressing infirmity.1851, The Medical examiner, and record of medical science: Volume 7, page 322

Forms of deligate

third-person singular presentdeligates
present participledeligating
past participledeligated
pastdeligated

Origin of deligate

First attested in 1530; borrowed from Latin dēligātus, perfect passive participle of dēligō (“to bind up”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about deligate

What does deligate mean?
Deligate means to bind up; to bandage.
What part of speech is deligate?
Deligate is a verb.
What is the past tense of deligate?
The past tense of deligate is deligated.

Words near deligate in the dictionary

  1. delidding
  2. delids
  3. delie
  4. deliensite
  5. deliever
  6. deligate
  7. deligated
  8. deligating
  9. deligation
  10. deligations
  11. deligent

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