Definitions for: Collate


[v] compare critically; of texts
[v] to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"



Webster (1913) Definition: Col*late", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Collating.] [From Collation.]
1. To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order
to note the points of agreement or disagreement.

I must collage it, word, with the original Hebrew.
--Coleridge.

2. To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for
binding.

3. (Eccl.) To present and institute in a benefice, when the
person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; --
followed by to.

4. To bestow or confer. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.


Col*late", v. i. (Ecl.)
To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the
patron and the ordinary.

If the bishop neglets to collate within six months, the
right to do it devolves on the archbishop. --Encyc.
Brit.

See Also: collect, compare, garner, gather, order, pull together

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