1. (surgery) bind with a bandage or ligature
   "ligate the artery";
   - ligature
    
2. (chemistry) bind chemically
   "The enzyme ligated"
    
3. Join letters in a ligature when writing
   "The calligrapher ligated the 'f' and 'i' in the word 'fish'"

Derived forms: ligated, ligating, ligates

Type of: bandage, bind, join