abligate

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verb

To tie up, especially a body part.

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Meanings

verbabligate (third-person singular simple present abligates, present participle abligating, simple past and past participle abligated)

present singular third person abligates · participle present abligating · participle past abligated · past abligated

  1. obsolete outside veterinary medicineTo tie up, especially a body part.

    In order to simulate small intestinal conditions in the cecal pouches, the distal end of a cecal pouch of fourteen chickens, three to four months old, was surgically united to the small intestine and the intestine abligated just posterior to the union […]

    1936 April, C. A. Herrick, “Organ Specificity of the Parasite Eimeria tenella”, in Journal of Parasitology, volume 22, number 2, page 226

Origin

From Latin ab- + ligātus, perfect passive participle of ligāre (“to tie”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

agitable
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APA

abligate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abligate

MLA

“abligate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abligate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abligate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abligate.

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