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ligation|laɪˈgeɪʃən|
[ad. L. ligātiōn-em, n. of action f. ligāre to bind.]
†1. The action or process of binding; a connecting or binding fast; also, the condition of being bound; suspension (of the faculties). Obs.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. *iij, To bring to passe in this wretched worlde, in our bodye, a shorte and breefe ligatione [of us and Heaven]. 1612J. Cotta Disc. Dang. Pract. Physicke i. vii. 68 To them that sleep in their clothes..there is not so true a ligation of their senses. 1638Penit. Conf. viii. (1657) 237 He that hath not the power of absolution hath not the power of ligation. 1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. ii. §11 The slumber of the body seems to be but the waking of the soul. It is the ligation of sense, but the liberty of reason. 1656Blount Glossogr., Ligation, a binding, also the tongue-tying in children especially. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 291 They having no coherence or ligation with the time of the Prophet, but onely with one another. 1684T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. 196 The ligation of Satan proves this point effectually: for so long as Antichrist reigns, Satan cannot be said to be bound.
2. The action of binding with a ligature; esp. in Surg., the operation of tying up (a bleeding artery, etc.). Also, an instance of this.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 27/2 The ligatione or tyinge of the teeth, to ioyn them together. 1634T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. xiv. iii. 556 The habit of the body ought to prescribe a measure in ligation: for tender bodies cannot away with so hard binding as hard. a1659Osborn Queries Wks. (1673) 588 Swathing, and the rest of the ligations used by Nurses to Infants. 1689Moyle Sea Chyrurg. ii. v. 39 If such a Wound should happen in the joint of the Hip, where such Ligation cannot be made. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 165 It is this angeiitis which leads to the closure of a vessel after ligation.
3. Something used in binding; a ligature, bandage, bond, tie; also, the place of tying. arch.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 44 b/2 Reducinge both the endes of the ligatione which we have in our hands above on the wounde. 1633J. Done Hist. Septuagint 48 There was also an enrichment of Precious stones, strung through a ligation of Cords. c1645Howell Lett. II. xlvii, Ther is a peculiar Religion attends frendship, ther is according to the Etymologie of the word, a ligation and solemne tie. 1815Scott Guy M. xxxviii, A bundle tied with tape, and sealed at each fold and ligation with black wax. |