colligate
verb🔊/ˈkɒlɪɡeɪt/
🔊/ˈkɑːlɪɡeɪt/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they colligate | 🔊/ˈkɒlɪɡeɪt/ 🔊/ˈkɑːlɪɡeɪt/ |
| he / she / it colligates | 🔊/ˈkɒlɪɡeɪts/ 🔊/ˈkɑːlɪɡeɪts/ |
| past simple colligated | 🔊/ˈkɒlɪɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈkɑːlɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle colligated | 🔊/ˈkɒlɪɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈkɑːlɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form colligating | 🔊/ˈkɒlɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈkɑːlɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ |
- colligate (with something) | colligate something (with something)
if two ideas, facts, etc. colligate, or are colligated, they are linked together by a single explanation or theory （使）发生紧密联系 - (
linguistics 语言学 if two words colligate, or are colligated, they occur together and are linked by grammar （使）结成类联结
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the Latin sense): from Latin colligat- ‘bound together’, from the verb colligare, from col- ‘together’ + ligare ‘bind’. The current sense dates from the 1960s.