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Verb colleats, colleating, colleaten
collate - to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"
		order place in a certain order; "order the photos chronologically"
collate - compare critically; of texts
		compare examine and note the similarities or differences of; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie"

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collate (Verb)
To examine diverse documents et cetera to discover similarities and differences.
collate (Verb)
To assemble something in a logical sequence.
collate (Verb)
To sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order, one sequence for each copy, especially before binding.
collate (Verb)
To admit a cleric to a benefice.

collate (v. t.)
To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement.
collate (v. t.)
To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.
collate (v. t.)
To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to.
collate (v. t.)
To bestow or confer.
collate (v. i.)
To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary.

collate
kol-āt′, v.t. to bring together for comparison: to examine and compare, as books, and esp. old manuscripts: to place in or confer a benefice upon: to place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.—adj. Collā′table.—ns. Collā′tion, act of collating: a bringing together for examination and comparison: presentation to a benefice: a repast between meals, from the habit of reading the collationes or lives of the Fathers during meals in monasteries.—adj. Collā′tive, having the power of conferring: of livings where the bishop and patron are one and the same person.—n. Collā′tor, one who collates or compares: one who bestows or presents. [L. conferre, collatum—con, together, ferre, to bring.]