alligate

English

Etymology

From Latin alligatus (“tied, bound”), past participle of alligo (“I bind”), from ad + ligo (“I bind”). Doublet of alloy.

Verb

alligate (third-person singular simple present alligates, present participle alligating, simple past and past participle alligated)

  1. (transitive) To tie; to unite by some tie.
    • Sir M. Hale
      Instincts alligated to their nature.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for alligate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

alligāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of alligō
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