religate
/riːˈlʌɪɡeɪt/ /riːlɪˈɡeɪt/verb
1To ligate (a blood vessel or other structure) again.
2 [with object] To bind again; to constrain; to bind to something.
- Chiefly in religious contexts, with reference to the etymology of religion..
3 [with object] And without object. To rejoin (nucleic acid fragments) after cleavage of a whole molecule.
4 [no object] To undergo religation of nucleic acid or protein fragments.
Origin
Late 16th century (in an earlier sense). Partly from classical Latin religāt-, past participial stem of religāre to tie up or back, to restrain, bind fast, to make fast, secure, in post-classical Latin also to gather (people), and partly independently from re- + ligate (although the latter is first attested slightly later).