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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Collate \Col*late"\ (k[o^]l*l[=a]t"), 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Collate \Col*late"\, 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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  collate
       v 1: compare critically; of texts
       2: to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "collate":
     assort, audit, bolt, bracket, categorize, check,
     check and doublecheck, check out, check over, classify, confirm,
     contrast, cross-check, divide, double-check, gradate, grade, group,
     painstakingly match, prove, rank, recheck, riddle, screen,
     scrutinize comparatively, separate, sieve, sift, size, sort,
     sort out, subordinate, test, triple-check, validate, verify
  
  

















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