Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To tie off; apply a ligature to.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Surg.) To bind up; to bandage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb surgery, dated, transitive To bind up; to
bandage .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Using CNN's very own deligate counter you will find that if Senator Clinton were to win every state by 70-30% she would still be short deligate wise.
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She has to think hard herself of her chances to close the gap of 150 deligate count.
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Clinton supporters who think they still have a shot need to take a look at the deligate situation - Even if she wins Indiana, he is pegged to win North Carolina by a bigger margin.
Poll: 2 out of 3 Dems think long nomination battle hurting party 2008
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If Hillary does win out there is still no way for her to catch him in the deligate math.
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If the representatives should listen to their voters, why doesn't Billary listen to the popular vote or the deligate count that Barack is STILL dominating?
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His deligate proportion will increase, and hers will stay the same.
Poll: 2 out of 3 Dems think long nomination battle hurting party 2008
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He has proven he is the stronger candidate by winning in popular vote, by deligate vote, by more states won, by raising more money, by superdeligate vote.
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It's only 14 super deligate gap for Obama but 150 total deligate gap for HRC.
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They are very good at keeping up with the superdeligate and deligate watch.
Obama adds two superdelegates, one's a former Clinton backer 2008
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Why do the candidates spend all this money on running for office when all they have to do is buy a deligate lunch.
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