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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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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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