GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Collate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collated; p. pr. & vb. n. Collating.] [From Collation.]
   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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   To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.
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   (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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   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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