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单词 alligate
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alligateadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin alligātus, alligāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin alligātus, past participle of alligāre alligate v.
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.

Brit. /ˈalᵻɡeɪt/, U.S. /ˈæləˌɡeɪt/
Forms: 1500s– alligate, 1700s allegate.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin alligāt-, alligāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin alligāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of alligāre to bind to < al- , variant of ad- ad- prefix + ligāre ligate v. Compare earlier alligate adj. and alligation n.
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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