Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bind; attach; unite by some tie.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To tie; to unite by some tie.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To tie; to unite by some tie.
Etymologies
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Latin alligatus ("tied, bound"), past participle of alligo ("I bind"), from ad + ligo ("I bind")
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