Ligature Definition
lĭgə-cho͝or, -chər
ligatured, ligatures, ligature
noun
ligatures
A tying or binding together.
Webster's New World
A thing used in tying or binding together.
Webster's New World
Something that unites; a bond.
American Heritage Medicine
A written or printed character containing two or more letters united, as æ, fl,
Webster's New World
A curved line connecting such letters in writing.
Webster's New World
verb
ligatured, ligatures, ligature
To tie or bind together with a ligature; ligate.
Webster's New World
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Other Word Forms of Ligature
Noun
Singular:
ligature
Plural:
ligaturesOrigin of Ligature
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Middle English from Old French from Late Latin ligātūra from Latin ligātus past participle of ligāre to bind leig- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin ligātura, from Latin ligātus, past participle of ligāre (“to tie, bind").
From Wiktionary
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