deligate
English
Etymology
Latin deligatus, past participle of deligare (“to bind up”).
Verb
deligate (third-person singular simple present deligates, present participle deligating, simple past and past participle deligated)
- (surgery, dated, transitive) To bind up; to bandage.
- 1851, The Medical examiner, and record of medical science: Volume 7, page 322:
- 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.
Related terms
References
- “deligate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Verb
dēligāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of dēligō
Participle
dēligāte
- vocative masculine singular of dēligātus