deligate

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verb

To bind up; to bandage.

OriginLatin dēligātus →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person deligates · participle present deligating · participle past deligated · past deligated

  1. datedtransitivemedicineTo bind up; to bandage.

    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.

    1851, The Medical examiner, and record of medical science: Volume 7, page 322

Origin

  1. Latindēligātus
  2. Englishdeligate

First attested in 1530; borrowed from Latin dēligātus, perfect passive participle of dēligō (“to bind up”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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