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ligating

ligating is the present participle and gerund 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.

Words formed from ligating

Questions about ligating

What is ligating the present participle and gerund of?
Ligating is the present participle and gerund of ligate.

Words near ligating in the dictionary

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

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