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Collate

Collate Meaning & Definition
Collate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Collate?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Collate:

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

See Also | collect | compare | garner | gather | order | pull together

Collate In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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