colligate

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The Word of the Day for November 9 is: 

colligate   \KAH-luh-gayt\   verb 
     transitive senses 
    *1 : to bind, unite, or group together
     2 : to subsume (isolated facts) under a general concept
     intransitive sense : to be or become a member of a group or unit

Example sentence:
     All of the files have been colligated as one large searchable database. 

Did you know?
     "Colligate" descends from Latin "colligare," itself from "com-" ("with") 
plus "ligare" ("to tie"). Which of the following words is NOT tied to "ligare"?

ligature    ligament    lien    rely    ally
        
collocate    oblige    furl    league

"Ligature," "ligament," "lien," "rely," "ally," "oblige," "furl," and "league" 
(in the sense of "an association of persons, groups, or teams") can all be 
traced back along varying paths to "ligare." That leaves only "collocate," 
which means "to set side by side" and comes from "com-" plus "locare," meaning 
"to place."

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.





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