[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

collate \collate"\ ko^ll=at", 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.
      1913 webster

            i must collate it, word by word, with the original
            hebrew.                               --coleridge.
      1913 webster

   2. to gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for
      binding.
      1913 webster

   3. eccl. to present and institute in a benefice, when the
      person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; --
      followed by to.
      1913 webster

   4. to bestow or confer. obs. --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster
see also:
collated collating collation 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

collate \collate"\, v. i. ecl.
   to place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the
   patron and the ordinary.
   1913 webster

         if the bishop neglects to collate within six months,
         the right to do it devolves on the archbishop. --encyc.
                                                  brit.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

collate
     v 1: compare critically; of texts
     2: to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

36 moby thesaurus words for "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

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