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colligate

col·li·gate

uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

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”
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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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