[syn: subsume, colligate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Colligate \Col"li*gate\, a.
   Bound together.
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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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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]