by Bobisdabest May 24, 2005
Get the ligate mug.Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪgeɪt/
Definition:
1. To secure or attach forcibly, typically by tying or wrapping.
2. To join duo or more matters in a firm unity.
3. To constrict or restrict with ties or bands.
4. To enclose or envelop carefully for stability or safety.
Significance:
• It defines the act of securing objects.
• It emphasizes firm attachment.
• It identifies joining methods.
• It avoids irregular verbs.
• It simplifies compulsory processes.
• It improves clarity compared to "tie" or "fasten."
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms, similar to "bind," "binds," "bound," and "binding."
Past verb: ligated
Present simple verb: ligate, ligates
Present continuous verb: ligating
Definition:
1. To secure or attach forcibly, typically by tying or wrapping.
2. To join duo or more matters in a firm unity.
3. To constrict or restrict with ties or bands.
4. To enclose or envelop carefully for stability or safety.
Significance:
• It defines the act of securing objects.
• It emphasizes firm attachment.
• It identifies joining methods.
• It avoids irregular verbs.
• It simplifies compulsory processes.
• It improves clarity compared to "tie" or "fasten."
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms, similar to "bind," "binds," "bound," and "binding."
Past verb: ligated
Present simple verb: ligate, ligates
Present continuous verb: ligating
Examples:
• "The cord was used to ligate the package securely."
• "Surgeons ligate sanguine vessels to stop hemorrhage."
• "Ligate the fascicle prior to its transport."
• "Properly ligating cables prevents tangling."
• "Acquiring to ligate properly ensures safety."
• "The cord was used to ligate the package securely."
• "Surgeons ligate sanguine vessels to stop hemorrhage."
• "Ligate the fascicle prior to its transport."
• "Properly ligating cables prevents tangling."
• "Acquiring to ligate properly ensures safety."
by Dmitrio November 13, 2025
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a person who, from habitually pocketing lighters from smoking cigarettes, surreptitiously thieves lighters during group smoking without realizing it, can become notorious.
Scene: Man empties out pockets.
-*sigh*
-Why do I keep doing this!?!
_________________________________
-Well cya dude, thanks for smoking us up!
-hold up! Has anyone seen my lighter?
-Dude.
-I can't help it! I'm a lighter thief..
-*sigh*
-Why do I keep doing this!?!
_________________________________
-Well cya dude, thanks for smoking us up!
-hold up! Has anyone seen my lighter?
-Dude.
-I can't help it! I'm a lighter thief..
by Addysseus November 18, 2013
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Get the Bud Lighted mug.A LIGATT, is a person practicing quackery or some similar confidence trick in order to obtain money, fame or other advantages via some form of pretense or deception.
Guy said he was the World's #1 Car Stereo Installer, turned out he was a Ligatt, wired the speakers to the horn.
by NobodyLikesU June 23, 2010
Get the LIGATT mug.by naggerh8er November 4, 2007
Get the 2 lighter system mug.When you have 2 faulty lighters, one with a working flint/spark but no gas, the other with gas but no spark. So you have to use both lighters to spark a joint in the ghetto.
Guy 1: Have you got a lighter?
Guy 2: It's a long ting, you have to use both these lighters.
Guy 1: That's cool, pass them here.
Guy 2: WOW! How you spark that splif so fast?
Guy 1: I'm a crackhead don't you think I've used a Ghetto Lighter before!
Guy 2: It's a long ting, you have to use both these lighters.
Guy 1: That's cool, pass them here.
Guy 2: WOW! How you spark that splif so fast?
Guy 1: I'm a crackhead don't you think I've used a Ghetto Lighter before!
by Haitch4 January 3, 2013
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