GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Collate (kŏl‑lātˈ), 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.
   
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   I must collate it, word by word, with the original Hebrew. Coleridge.
   
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   2. To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.
   
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   3. (Eccl.) To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to.
   
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   4. To bestow or confer. [Obs.]  Jer. Taylor.
   
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   Collate, v. i. (Ecl.) To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary.
   
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   If the bishop neglects to collate within six months, the right to do it devolves on the archbishop. Encyc. Brit.
   
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