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colligate
col·li·gate C0481800 (kŏl′ĭ-gāt′)tr.v. col·li·gat·ed, col·li·gat·ing, col·li·gates 1. To tie or group together.2. Logic To bring (isolated facts) together by an explanation or hypothesis that applies to them all. [Latin colligāre, colligāt- : com-, com- + ligāre, to tie, bind; see leig- in Indo-European roots.] col′li·ga′tion n.colligate (ˈkɒlɪˌɡeɪt) vb (tr) 1. to connect or link together; tie; join2. (Logic) to relate (isolated facts, observations, etc) by a general hypothesis[C16: from Latin colligāre to fasten together, from com- together + ligāre to bind] ˌcolliˈgation ncol•li•gate (ˈkɒl ɪˌgeɪt) v. -gat•ed, -gat•ing. v.t. 1. to bind or fasten together. 2. to link (facts) together by a general description or hypothesis. v.i. 3. to become linked together. [1535–45; < Latin colligātus, past participle of colligāre to tie up] col`li•ga′tion, n. colligate Past participle: colligated Gerund: colligating
Imperative |
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colligate | colligate |
Present |
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I colligate | you colligate | he/she/it colligates | we colligate | you colligate | they colligate |
Preterite |
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I colligated | you colligated | he/she/it colligated | we colligated | you colligated | they colligated |
Present Continuous |
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I am colligating | you are colligating | he/she/it is colligating | we are colligating | you are colligating | they are colligating |
Present Perfect |
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I have colligated | you have colligated | he/she/it has colligated | we have colligated | you have colligated | they have colligated |
Past Continuous |
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I was colligating | you were colligating | he/she/it was colligating | we were colligating | you were colligating | they were colligating |
Past Perfect |
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I had colligated | you had colligated | he/she/it had colligated | we had colligated | you had colligated | they had colligated |
Future |
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I will colligate | you will colligate | he/she/it will colligate | we will colligate | you will colligate | they will colligate |
Future Perfect |
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I will have colligated | you will have colligated | he/she/it will have colligated | we will have colligated | you will have colligated | they will have colligated |
Future Continuous |
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I will be colligating | you will be colligating | he/she/it will be colligating | we will be colligating | you will be colligating | they will be colligating |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been colligating | you have been colligating | he/she/it has been colligating | we have been colligating | you have been colligating | they have been colligating |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been colligating | you will have been colligating | he/she/it will have been colligating | we will have been colligating | you will have been colligating | they will have been colligating |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been colligating | you had been colligating | he/she/it had been colligating | we had been colligating | you had been colligating | they had been colligating |
Conditional |
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I would colligate | you would colligate | he/she/it would colligate | we would colligate | you would colligate | they would colligate |
Past Conditional |
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I would have colligated | you would have colligated | he/she/it would have colligated | we would have colligated | you would have colligated | they would have colligated | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | colligate - 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"associate, link, relate, tie in, connect, link upremember - exercise, or have the power of, memory; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others"cerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"interrelate - place into a mutual relationship; "I cannot interrelate these two events"correlate - bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation; "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information"identify - conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus"free-associate - associate freely; "Let's associate freely to bring up old memories"have in mind, think of, mean - intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" | | 2. | colligate - consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principlesubsumeinclude - consider as part of something; "I include you in the list of culprits" | MedicalSeecolligationcolligate
Synonyms for colligateverb make a logical or causal connectionSynonyms- associate
- link
- relate
- tie in
- connect
- link up
Related Words- remember
- cerebrate
- cogitate
- think
- interrelate
- correlate
- identify
- free-associate
- have in mind
- think of
- mean
verb consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principleSynonymsRelated Words |