ligate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb join letters in a ligature when writing
  2. verb bind chemically
    • The enzyme ligated
  3. verb bind with a bandage or ligature
    • ligate the artery

WordNet

Li"gate transitive verb
Etymology
L. ligatus, p. p. of ligare.
Definitions
  1. To tie with a ligature; to bind around; to bandage. ((Molecular biology) To concatenate two strands of nucleic acid, usually DNA, in an end-to-end fashion, using a ligase.

Webster 1913