colligate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To formally link or connect together logically; to bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: ligate"
- "The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows."
- "He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful […] phenomena."
- "The first & second Vertebre […] are most especially Colligate, & bound to the Head."
Etymology
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.
Origin
- Source language: Middle English
- First known use: First attested in 1471
Word Breakdown
- Root: *leyǵ-, colligat, colligātus
Usage
Inflected Forms
colligates (present, singular)
colligating (participle, present)
colligated (participle, past)
colligated (past)
more colligate (comparative)
most colligate (superlative)