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ligated

ligated is the simple past and past participle of ligate.

Meaning of ligate

Verb

ligate (third-person singular simple present ligates, present participle ligating, simple past and past participle ligated)

  1. (transitive) To bind with a ligature or bandage.
  2. (transitive) To connect text characters with a ligature.
  3. (ambitransitive) To join by ligation.

Forms of ligated

comparativemore ligated
superlativemost ligated

Words formed from ligated

Questions about ligated

What is ligated the simple past and past participle of?
Ligated is the simple past and past participle of ligate.

Words near ligated in the dictionary

  1. ligase
  2. ligased
  3. ligases
  4. ligatable
  5. ligate
  6. ligated
  7. ligates
  8. ligating
  9. ligation
  10. ligations
  11. ligative

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