Etymology First attested in 1471, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English colligat(e) (“bound together”)(adjective), Latin colligātus, perfect passive participle of colligō (“to bind, fasten; to unite, combine”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, co- + ligate. Sporadic participial usage of the adjective up until the end of the 16ᵗʰ century.
1
To tie or bind together.
Near-synonym: ligate
The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows.1821, William Nicholson, “ISINGLASS”, in American Edition of the British Encyclopedia:
2
To formally link or connect together logically; to bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.
He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful […] phenomena.1870, Dr. Bence Jones, Life and Letters of Faraday:
Etymology First attested in 1471, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English colligat(e) (“bound together”)(adjective), Latin colligātus, perfect passive participle of colligō (“to bind, fasten; to unite, combine”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, co- + ligate. Sporadic participial usage of the adjective up until the end of the 16ᵗʰ century.