colligate

colligate
/kol"i gayt'/, v.t., 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.
[1425-75 for obs. adj. sense "bound together"; 1535-45 for def. 1; < L colligatus (ptp. of colligare), equiv. to col- COL-1 + liga- (s. of ligare to bind) + -tus ptp. ending]

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