Usually means: Bind or tie up molecules.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word ligate:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. ligate: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. ligate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ligate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ligate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ligate: Vocabulary.com
  6. ligate: Wordnik
  7. ligate: Wiktionary
  8. ligate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. ligate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. ligate: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. ligate: Dictionary.com
  12. Ligate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. ligate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. ligate: Rhymezone
  15. Ligate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. ligate: Free Dictionary
  17. ligate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. ligate: Dictionary/thesaurus

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Ligate: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. ligate: Medical dictionary
  5. Ligate: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ligate: Biology dictionary
  2. AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ligate: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See ligated as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ligate)

verb:  (transitive) To bind with a ligature or bandage.
verb:  (transitive, typography) To connect text characters with a ligature.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive, chemistry) To join by ligation.

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