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Collate v. t. (past & past part. collated; pres. part. collating)

To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement. "I must collate it, word by word, with the original Hebrew."

To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.

(Eccl.) To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; followed by to.

To bestow or confer. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Collate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Collate" Quotes from Famous Books

... my object in this book on the old Pagan civilizations to present the salient points only, since an exhaustive work is impossible within the limits of these volumes. The practical end which I have in view is to collate a sufficient number of acknowledged facts from which to draw sound inferences in reference to the progress of the human race, and the comparative welfare of nations in ancient and ...

— Beacon Lights of History, Volume I • John Lord

... others, all of whom were brought more or less under the influence of the Franciscans, we find a mass of beliefs, deities, traditions, conceptions, and proverbs, which would overpower Mr. Hittell merely to collate. ...

— The Old Franciscan Missions Of California • George Wharton James

... have been set forth, it is time to collate them. We already know that the Beetle-hunters, the Cerceres (Cf. "The Hunting Wasps": chapters 1 to 3.—Translator's Note.), prey exclusively on the Weevils and the Buprestes, that is, on the families whose nervous system presents a degree of concentration ...

— More Hunting Wasps • J. Henri Fabre

Words linked to "Collate" : collation, order, gather, garner, compare