colligate (redirected from colligates)

col·li·gate  (kl-gt)

tr.v. col·li·gat·ed, col·li·gat·ing, col·li·gates

1. To tie or group together.

2. Logic To bring (isolated facts) together by an explanation or hypothesis that applies to them all.

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[Latin colligre, colligt- : com-, com- + ligre, to tie, bind; see leig- in Indo-European roots.]

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colli·gation n.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	colligate - make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" associate, link, relate, tie in, connect, link up remember - exercise, or have the power of, memory; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others" cerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" interrelate - place into a mutual relationship; "I cannot interrelate these two events" correlate - bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation; "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information" identify - conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus" free-associate - associate freely; "Let's associate freely to bring up old memories" have in mind, think of, mean - intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"
	2.	colligate - consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle subsume include - consider as part of something; "I include you in the list of culprits"