Collate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: col=late

CIDE DICTIONARY

Collate, v. t. [From Collation.].

•  To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement.  [1913 Webster]

  "I must collage it, word, with the original Hebrew."  [1913 Webster]
•  To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.  [1913 Webster]
•  To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to.  [1913 Webster]
•  To bestow or confer.  Jer. Taylor.  [1913 Webster]

Collate, v. i. 

 To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary.  [1913 Webster]
"If the bishop neglets to collate within six months, the right to do it devolves on the archbishop."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Collate, v.tr.
1 analyse and compare (texts, statements, etc.) to identify points of agreement and difference.
2 Bibliog. verify the order of (sheets) by their signatures.
3 assemble (information) from different sources.
4 (often foll. by to) Eccl. appoint (a clergyman) to a benefice.

Derivative

collator n.

Etymology

L collat- past part. stem of conferre compare

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

Collate

Continuity

VB follow in a series, form a series, fall in, arrange in a series, collate, string together, file, thread, graduate, organize, sort, tabulate.

List

VB list, itemize, sort, collate, enumerate, tabulate, catalog, tally.

Comparison

VB compare to, compare with, collate, confront, place side by side, juxtapose, set against one another, pit against one another, contrast, balance, identify, draw a parallel, parallel, compare notes, institute a comparison, parva componere magnis.