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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Ligate

/(lī"gāt)/ · Li·gate · IPA /ˈlɪɡeɪt/
01 v. t. To tie with a ligature; to bind around; to bandage.
  1. 1.
    To tie with a ligature; to bind around; to bandage.
  2. 2.
    To concatenate two strands of (nucleic acid, usually DNA), in an end-to-end fashion, using a ligase.(Molecular biology)