deligate

verb

1. To bind up; to bandage.

   dated, transitive

   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.

Where it comes from

First attested in 1530; borrowed from Latin dēligātus, perfect passive participle of dēligō (“to bind up”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry deligate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← delicedeliquate →

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