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Ligation
- noun - (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery)
Ligature
- noun - (music) a group of notes connected by a slur
- a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone
- character consisting of two or more letters combined into one
- something used to tie or bind
- the act of tying or binding things together
- thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)
Ligeance
- - The connection between sovereign and subject by which they were mutually bound, the former to protection and the securing of justice, the latter to faithful service; allegiance.
Light Up
- verb - become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm"
- begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"
- ignite; "The sky lit up quickly above the raging volcano"
- make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit"
- start to burn with a bright flame; "The coal in the BBQ grill finally lit up"
Lightens
- verb - alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents"
- become lighter; "The room lightened up"
- become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"
- make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"
- make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit"
- reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey"
Lighters
- noun - a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?"
- a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
- a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
- transport in a flatbottom boat
Lightest
- unknown - Having least weight or importance
Lighting
- verb - alight from (a horse)
- apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film
- begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"
- cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
- having abundant light or illumination; "they played as long as it was light"; "as long as the lighting was good"
- make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit"
- the act of setting something on fire
- the craft of providing artificial light; "an interior decorator must understand lighting"
- to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"