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colligate

[ kol-i-geyt ]

verb (used with object)

colligated, colligating.
  1. to bind or fasten together.
  2. Logic. to link (facts) together by a general description or by a hypothesis that applies to them all.


colligate

/ ˈɒɪˌɡɪ /

verb

  1. to connect or link together; tie; join
  2. to relate (isolated facts, observations, etc) by a general hypothesis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌDZˈپDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • DZl·tDz noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of colligate1

1425–75 for obsolete adj. sense “bound together”; 1535–45 colligate fordef 1; < Latin DZٳܲ (past participle of DZ ), equivalent to col- col- 1 + - (stem of to bind) + -tus past participle ending
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of colligate1

C16: from Latin DZ to fasten together, from com- together + to bind
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We can observe and colligate the facts of emotion and volition, as we can observe the position of the stars and the laws of heat.

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His version ‘colligates’ them; though extravagant they become not incoherent. 

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Anything, it is said, may be proved by facts; and that is painfully true until we have the right method of what has been called "colligating" facts.

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The beasts delighted in dashing furiously through our file, which, being colligated, was thrown each time into the greatest confusion.

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By November be had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful and unexpected phenomena.

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