What is "colligate"

Colligate \Col"li*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colligated; p. pr. & vb. n. Colligating.] [L. colligatus, p. p. of colligare to collect; co- + ligare to bind.]

1. To tie or bind together.

   The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows.
   --Nicholson.

2. (Logic) To bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.

   He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful . . . phenomena.
   --Tundall.

Colligate \Col"li*gate\, a. Bound together.

1540s, from Latin colligatus, past participle of colligare "to bind together," from com- "together" (see com-) + ligare "to bind" (see ligament). As a concept in logic, from 1837; in linguistics, from 1953. Related: Colligation.

vb. 1 To tie or bind together. 2 To formally link or connect together logically; to bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.

1. v. make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, link up, connect] [ant: decouple]

2. consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle [syn: subsume]