colligate

Aug. 1st, 2007 07:20 am
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colligate - v.t., to bind, unite, or group together; (Logic) to subsume (isolated facts) under a general concept. v.i., to become a member of a group.


Despite the etymology (Latin: com-, together + ligāre, to tie, bind) stress on the first syllable, with a short i.

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