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colligate

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9 lettersPart of speech verbSorted acegillotStarts with CEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle

Word origin

First attested in 1471, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English colligat(e) (“bound together”)(adjective), Latin colligātus, perfect passive participle of colligō (“to bind, fasten; to unite, combine”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, co- + ligate. Sporadic participial usage of the adjective up until the end of the 16ᵗʰ century.

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  • Near-synonym: ligate
  • The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows.
  • He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful […] phenomena.

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