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alligation(dictionary)

alligation (iou)



alligation noun. Now rare or obsolete. M16.
[Latin alligatio(n-), from alligat- pa. ppl stem of alligare bind to: see -ATION.]
The action of attaching; the state of being attached. M16.
Math. The arithmetical solution of problems concerning the mixing of different things. M16-M19.