colligate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to bind or fasten together.
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Logic. to link (facts) together by a general description or by a hypothesis that applies to them all.
verb
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to connect or link together; tie; join
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to relate (isolated facts, observations, etc) by a general hypothesis
Other Word Forms
- colligation noun
Etymology
Origin of colligate
1425–75 for obsolete adj. sense “bound together”; 1535–45 colligate for def. 1; < Latin colligātus (past participle of colligāre ), equivalent to col- col- 1 + ligā- (stem of ligāre to bind) + -tus past participle ending
Example Sentences
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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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