▪ I. † ˈalligate, ppl. a. Obs. rare—1.
[ad. L. alligāt-us pa. pple. of alligāre to bind to, f. al- = ad- to + ligāre to bind, tie.]
Bound together, connected.
| 1542 Recorde Gr. Artes (1575) 419 Dyuers parcels of sundry pryces..alligate, bounde, or mixed togither. |
▪ II. alligate, v. ? Obs.
(ˈælɪgeɪt)
[f. prec., or on analogy of vbs. so formed.]
† 1. To tie or unite (one thing to another). Obs.
| 1626 Cockeram, Alligate, to binde, or tie vp. 1677 Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iv. ii. 305 By the same Divine Ordination..the Faculties specifically belonging to every Individual were annexed and alligated to it. |
2. To perform the arithmetical process of alligation.
| 1671 Salmon Syn. Med. iii. 501 Alligate alternately the quality of the Medicine proposed, with the degree of the Simple with which you desire to raise or depress it. |