(transitive) To bind with a ligature or bandage. / (transitive, typography) To connect text characters with a ligature. / (transitive, intransitive, chemistry) To join by ligation.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ligate

simple past tense and past participle of ligate

Something that ties, a ligature. / The act of tying, of applying a ligature. / The state of having a ligature, of being tied.

present participle of ligate

plural of ligation

A surgical instrument for ligating, or for placing and fastening a ligature.

plural of ligator

Able to be ligated

(medicine) A surgical procedure for sterilization in which a woman's Fallopian tubes are blocked or severed.