collate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'collate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Collate

[ v. i.]

- To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary.

2 . Collate

[ v. t.]

- To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement.
- To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.
- 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.

Meaning of 'collate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . collate

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- to assemble in proper sequence

Example in sentence:

collate the papers

Nearby Words:

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