Colligate:to bind or unite

Definition:Colligate

Verb

1 :	to bind, unite, or group together
2 :	to subsume (isolated facts) under a general concept
3 :	to be or become a member of a group or unit

Examples

“For instance, many words colligate with the word ‘the,’ which is a grammatical marker of definiteness rather than a word that carries significant semantic content.” — Tony McEnery and Andrew Hardie,Corpus Linguistics: Method, Theory and Practice, 2012

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“Research that examines the combined effect of lifestyle factors on mortality is plentiful, and data have been colligated in a recent meta-analysis.” — Valentina A. Andreeva et al., The American Journal of Public Health, November 2014