colligate

& s. [Lat. colligatus, pa. par. of colligo: col = con =with, together; ligo =to bind.] A. As adj.: Bound or fastened together. B. As subst.: An a ociated organic compound. ( Ri iter. ) col-lig-āte, v. t. [COLLIGATE, a.] *1. Ord. Lang .: To bind or fasten together. .colligated and bound together in a kind of subjection and subordination to one head."-Quelch. Ch. Cust. Vindicated (1636), p. 8. IMG:content-0183.png:[blocks in formation] col-lig-a-ted, pa. par. or a. [COLLIGATE, v.] col-lig-a-ting, pr. par., a. & 8. [COLLIGATE, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) IMG:content-0184.png:[blocks in formation] Optical Instruments: The amount by which an object viewed through an optical instrument is dis tant from the spot which it might be expected to occupy; the distance or amount by which an object deflects from the line of collimation (q. v.). Line of collimation : Optical Instruments : The line in a telescope joining the center of the object-gla and the intersection of the fine wires or spiderwebs in its focus. This is the spot which an object placed for examination is designed by the observer to oссиру.