Ligate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ligate \Li"gate\ (l[imac]"g[=a]t), v. t. [L. ligatus, p. p. of
     ligare.]
     1. To tie with a ligature; to bind around; to bandage.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Molecular biology) To concatenate two strands of (nucleic


        acid, usually DNA), in an end-to-end fashion, using a
        ligase.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ligate
       v 1: join letters in a ligature when writing
       2: bind chemically; "The enzyme ligated"
       3: bind with a bandage or ligature; "ligate the artery"