— colligation , n.
/kol"i gayt'/ , v.t., colligated, colligating .
1. to bind or fasten together.
2. Logic. to link (facts) together by a general description or by a hypothesis that applies to them all.
[ 1425-75 for obs. adj. sense "bound together"; 1535-45 for def. 1; colligatus (ptp. of colligare ), equiv. to col- COL- 1 + liga- (s. of ligare to bind) + -tus ptp. ending ]