Ligate Definition

līgāt
ligated, ligates, ligating
verb
To tie or bind (a bleeding artery, etc.) with a ligature.
Webster's New World

Origin of Ligate

  • Latin ligātus, perfect passive participle of ligō (“I bind"). Compare league.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin ligāre ligāt- leig- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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