Associations to the word «Colligate»

Wiktionary

COLLIGATE, verb. To tie or bind together.
COLLIGATE, verb. To formally link or connect together logically; to bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.

Dictionary definition

COLLIGATE, verb. 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".
COLLIGATE, verb. Consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats