colligation noun. [kɒlɪ'geɪʃ(ǝ)n] LME.
[Old French, or Latin colligatio(n-), formed as COLLIGATE verb: see -ATION.]
1. Physical binding together; connection. LME-M17.

2. Conjunction, alliance; union. M17.

3. Logic. The connection of a number of isolated facts by a general notion or hypothesis; a group of facts so connected. M19.

4. Linguistics. Juxtaposition or grouping in syntactic relation of particular word-classes or other functional categories; a sequence of word-classes etc. in syntactic relation. M20.

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