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Word: Colligate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 16th century (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
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɒlɪɡeɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
be or cause to be juxtaposed or grouped in a syntactic relation
Short Definition:be or cause to be juxtaposed or grouped in syntactic relation
Examples:- the two grammatical items are said to colligate
- pronouns are regularly colligated with verbal forms
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