单词 | alligate |
释义 | † alligateadj. Obsolete. rare. Joined together, combined. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [adjective] > binding > bound > together alligate1552 binded1646 1552 R. Record Ground of Artes (rev. ed.) ii. sig. U.vi Diuers parcels of sundry prices..alligate, bounde, or myxed togyther. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021). alligatev. Now rare. 1. a. transitive. To subject to the arithmetical process of alligation (alligation n. 2); to combine (things of different quality or price). ΚΠ 1562 H. Baker Well Sprynge Sci. iii. xiii. f. 148 The Rule of Alligation is so named, for that it teacheth to alligate or binde togither diuers percelles of sundrie prices. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxxii. 501 Alligate alternately the quality of the Medicine proposed, with the degree of the Simple with which you desire to raise or depress it. 1707 J. Ward Young Mathematician's Guide i. ix. 114 You must always Alligate or Compare a Greater and Lesser Price with the Mean Price. 1763 W. Gordon Universal Accountant I. iv. iv. 193 The several differences will ascertain the quantity of each ingredient.., according to the method in which the ingredients are alligated. 1832 F. Emerson N. Amer. Arithm. III. xxxv. 205 We may variously alligate the values of the ingredients, and thus obtain various results, all of which will be correct. 1891 R. Kipling City Dreadful Night (new ed.) 104 Before the opium can be used it must be ‘alligated’ in big vats. 1901 T. J. McCormack tr. J. L. Lagrange Lect. Elem. Math. ii. 44 We seek the composition of the mixture itself, or the proportional number of parts of each ingredient which must be mixed or alligated together. b. intransitive. To perform alligation. ΚΠ 1884 Louisville Med. News 8 Nov. 292/2 The sharp wholesaler alligates, So he can make the prices And always rake the shekels in, Whether stock falls or rises. 1958 Jrnl. Farm Econ. 40 101 I decided to alligate to get the required amount of methionine. 2. transitive. To attach, join, or link (one thing) to (also †unto) another; to combine or unite with; to mix. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > attach or affix [verb (transitive)] fastenOE fasta1225 tachec1315 to-seta1340 catcha1350 affichea1382 to put ona1382 tacka1387 to put to1396 adjoina1400 attach?a1400 bend1399 spyndec1400 to-tachc1400 affixc1448 complexc1470 setc1480 attouch1483 found?1541 obligate1547 patch1549 alligate1563 dight1572 inyoke1595 infixa1616 wreathe1643 adlige1650 adhibit1651 oblige1656 adent1658 to bring to1681 engage1766 superfix1766 to lap on1867 accrete1870 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1361/2 Neither doe I alligate or bind the same to any one place..but confesse ye same to be spread throughoute all the world. 1571 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Breefe Summe Christian Faith x. f. 20 So would I not haue..our saluation to be alligated and bound vnto the outward ceremonies of them [sc. God's promises]. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. ii. 305 By the same Divine Ordination..the Faculties specifically belonging to every Individual were annexed and alligated to it. 1853 Amer. Jrnl. Dental Sci. 4 580 Light weight of truth..might be alligated with fancies and spangled with glittering fallacies. 1887 S. F. Walker Ruins Revisited 38 Poor Blind Tom..has a gift that alligates him to the angels. 1903 in R. G. Cooke Casual Ess. Sun (1905) ii. 50 Who has forgotten the merry song of the chopping knife when the mince-meat was prepared and alligated in the kitchen? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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