a. Able to enter into alliance. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the genus
n. [ OE. aliaunce, OF. aliance, F. alliance, fr. OF. alier, F. allier. See Ally, and cf. LL. alligantia. ]
The alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel. C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]
The alliance . . . between logic and metaphysics. Mansel. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To connect by alliance; to ally. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. alliant, p. pr. ] An ally; a confederate. [ Obs. & R. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Attractive power; attractiveness. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. alliciens, p. pr. of allicere to allure; ad + lacere to entice. ] That attracts; attracting. --
a. United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See Ally. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. alligatus, p. p. of alligare. See Ally. ] To tie; to unite by some tie. [ 1913 Webster ]
Instincts alligated to their nature. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. alligatio. ]
☞ The rule is named from the method of connecting together the terms by certain ligature-like signs. Alligation is of two kinds, medial and alternate; medial teaching the method of finding the price or quality of a mixture of several simple ingredients whose prices and qualities are known; alternate, teaching the amount of each of several simple ingredients whose prices or qualities are known, which will be required to make a mixture of given price or quality. [ 1913 Webster ]