LIGATURE
—none. 1 tie or bandage. 2 mus. Slur, tie. 3 two or more letters joined, e.g. Æ. 4 bond; thing that unites. —verb. (-ring) bind or connect with a ligature. [latin ligo bind] usage sense 3 of this word is sometimes confused with digraph, which means ‘two separate letters together representing one sound’.