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VERB (2)

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

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Colligate \Col"li*gate\, a. Bound together. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows. --Nicholson. [1913 Webster] 2. (Logic) To bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition. [1913 Webster] He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful . . . phenomena. --Tundall. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

colligate v 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" [syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect] [ant: decouple, dissociate] 2: consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle [syn: subsume, colligate]