religate

English

Etymology 1

Partly from Latin religātus, the perfect passive participle of religō (“to bind back or behind”) and partly formed in English as re- +‎ ligate.

Verb

religate (third-person singular simple present religates, present participle religating, simple past and past participle religated)

1. (surgery) To ligate again.

Etymology 2

See relegate ³.

Verb

religate (third-person singular simple present religates, present participle religating, simple past and past participle religated)

1. Obsolete spelling of relegate. [17th century]

Anagrams

• algerite, galerite, literage, litreage

Latin

Verb

religāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of religō

Participle

religāte

1. vocative masculine singular of religātus

Spanish

Verb

religate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of religar combined with te