Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To tie off; apply a ligature to.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb (Surg.) To bind up; to bandage.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb surgery, dated, transitive To bind up; to bandage.

Etymologies

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Latin deligatus, past participle of deligare to bind up.

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