colligate
verb
col·li·gate ˈkä-lə-ˌgāt 
colligated; colligating
transitive verb
1
: to bind, unite, or group together
2
: to subsume (isolated facts) under a general concept
intransitive verb
: to be or become a member of a group or unit
colligation
ˌkä-lə-ˈgā-shən
noun 
Did you know?
Colligate descends from Latin colligare, itself from "com-" ("with") plus "ligare" ("to tie"). Which of the following words is NOT tied to "ligare"? "Ligature," "ligament," "lien," "rely," "ally," "oblige," "furl," and "league" (in the sense of "an association of persons, groups, or teams") can all be traced back along varying paths to "ligare." That leaves only "collocate," which means "to set side by side" and comes from "com-" plus locare, meaning "to place."
Word History
Etymology
Latin colligatus, past participle of colligare, from com- + ligare to tie — more at ligature
First Known Use
1545, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
colligates
verb
1
as in reunifies
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- reunifies
- links
- collects
- assembles
- blends
- joins
- reduces
- combines
- gathers
- coordinates
- incorporates
- concenters
- merges
- fuses
- reunites
- conjoins
- integrates
- centers
- coalesces
- harmonizes
- orchestrates
- unifies
- centralizes
- consolidates
- compacts
- polarizes
- concentrates
- unites
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- spreads (out)
- deconcentrates
- decentralizes
- separates
- segregates
2
as in clusters
Synonyms & Similar Words
- clusters
- identifies
- recognizes
- clumps
- recategorizes
- files
- subcategorizes
- refers
- indexes
- reclassifies
- catalogs
- draws up
- alphabetizes
- lists
- types
- regroups
- systematizes
- classes
- groups
- breaks down
- organizes
- catalogues
- grades
- disposes
- arrays
- compartments
- classifies
- ranks
- sorts
- orders
- categorizes
- ranges
- digests
- pegs
- codifies
- shelves
- distributes
- compartmentalizes
- relegates
- marshals
- distinguishes
- separates
- marshalls
- pigeonholes
- places
- assorts
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- mixes (up)
- lumps
- scrambles
- confuses
- disarranges
- jumbles
- misclassifies
- missorts
- mistypes
- index finger
- index forest
- index fossil
- index glass
- index hand
- index head
- index horizon
- index li
- index librorum prohibitorum
- index liquid
- index map
- index mark
- index number
- index of refraction
- index patient
- index patients
- index percent
- index plane
- index plate
- index rerum
- index species
- index table
- index verborum
- index-linked
- indexable