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▪ I. † ligate, a. Obs. rare—0.
[ad. L. ligāt-us, pa. pple. of ligāre to bind.]
‘Bound, tied’.
1604in R. Cawdrey Table Alph.
▪ II. ligate, v. Chiefly Surg.|ˈlaɪgeɪt|
[f. L. ligāt-, ppl. stem of ligāre to bind.]
trans. To bind with a ligature or bandage; spec. in Surg., to tie up (a bleeding artery or vessel).
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 37/1 Open a blacke Henne on her backe, applye and also ligate her on his head. 1775New Hampsh. Prov. Papers (1873) VII. 652 He..was at that time even destitute of a needle to ligate a bleeding vessell. 1896Treves Syst. Surg. I. 540 When a surgeon is ligating an artery. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 244 If..the superior mesenteric artery be ligated.
fig.c1600Timon iii. v, Let it be lawfull for me..to ligate and obligate your eares with my words.
Hence ˈligated ppl. a., tied with a ligature; (of letters) united in a ligature; ˈligating vbl. n. Also liˈgator, ‘an instrument to place and fasten a ligature’ (Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 1884).
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 31 b/1 That nature may have time to close the cutt and ligated vayne. 1866T. Wright in Intell. Observ. No. 50. 108 The Roman ligated letters. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Ligating-forceps. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 165 The formation of a thrombus is of no assistance in securing obliteration of a ligated vessel. |