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Li"gate (?), v. t. [L. ligatus, p. p. of ligare.]
To tie with a ligature; to bind around; to bandage.
<-- ((Molecular biology) To concatenate two strands of nucleic acid, usually DNA, in an end-to-end fashion, using a ligase. -->
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