colligate Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb make a logical or causal connection
tie in; associate; relate; link; connect; link up.
- I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind
- colligate these facts
- I cannot relate these events at all
verb consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle
subsume.

L. colligatus, p. p. of colligare to collect; co- + ligare to bind.

imperfect & past participle Colligated; present participle & verbal noun Colligating

To tie or bind together.
The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows. Nicholson.
(Logic) To bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.
He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful . . . phenomena. Tundall.