Meaning of alligate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To bind or tie; to unite.
   obsolete, transitive
2. To solve an arithmetic problem concerning proportions by means of alligation; to associate as having the same ratio.

Examples

“Instincts alligated to their nature.”

“Poor Blind Tom, the very tail end of the long decadency, has a gift that alligates him to the angels.”

“Link or alligate the branches, so as one greater and another less than the root may be linked or yoked together.”

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