colligate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

colligate
    v 1: 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" [syn:
         {associate}, {tie in}, {relate}, {link}, {colligate}, {link
         up}, {connect}] [ant: {decouple}, {dissociate}]
    2: consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule
       or principle [syn: {subsume}, {colligate}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Colligate \Col"li*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Colligated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Colligating}.] [L. colligatus, p. p. of
   colligare to collect; co- + ligare to bind.]
   1. To tie or bind together.
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            The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows.
                                                  --Nicholson.
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   2. (Logic) To bring together by colligation; to sum up in a
      single proposition.
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            He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the
            most wonderful . . . phenomena.       --Tundall.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Colligate \Col"li*gate\, a.
   Bound together.
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