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Webster 1913 Edition

Deligate

Del′i-gate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
deligatus
, p. p. of
deligare
to bind up;
de-
+
ligare
to bind.]
(Surg.)
To bind up; to bandage.

Definition 2024

deligate

deligate

English

Verb

deligate ‎(third-person singular simple present deligates, present participle deligating, simple past and past participle deligated)

  1. (surgery, dated, transitive) To bind up; to bandage.
    • 1851, The Medical examiner, and record of medical science: Volume 7 (page 322)
      Every one is aware of the uncertainty as well as great danger of the different cutting and deligating operations for the removal of this distressing infirmity.

Latin

Verb

dēligāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēligō

Participle

dēligāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of dēligātus

Etymology

Latin deligatus, past participle of deligare to bind up.

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