[lɪˈɡeɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- tie up (an artery or vessel)
(e.g: the uterine artery was ligated)

- join (molecules or molecular fragments) together with a new chemical bond
(e.g: we ligated these proteins to create three triangular nanostructures)


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Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin ligat- ‘tied’, from the verb ligare