colligate
verb /ˈkɒlɪɡeɪt/
/ˈkɑːlɪɡeɪt/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they colligate | /ˈkɒlɪɡeɪt/ /ˈkɑːlɪɡeɪt/ |
| he / she / it colligates | /ˈkɒlɪɡeɪts/ /ˈkɑːlɪɡeɪts/ |
| past simple colligated | /ˈkɒlɪɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːlɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle colligated | /ˈkɒlɪɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːlɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form colligating | /ˈkɒlɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːlɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ |
- colligate (with something) | colligate something (with something) if two ideas, facts, etc. colligate, or are colligated, they are linked together by a single explanation or theory
（使）发生紧密联系 - (linguistics
语言学 （使）结成类联结
词源mid 16th cent. (in the Latin sense): from Latin colligat- ‘bound together’, from the verb colligare, from col- ‘together’ + ligare ‘bind’. The current sense dates from the 1960s.