Collate

[imp. & p. p. COLLATED; p. pr. & vb. n. COLLATING.] [Lat. conferre, collatum, from con and ferre, latum, to bear.] 1. To compare critically, noting the points in which things of a similar kind agree or disagree. I must collate it, word by word, with the original Hebrew. Coleridge.

2. To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.
3. (Eccl.) To present and institute in a benefice, when the same person is both the ordinary and the patron; — followed by to.

If the patron neglects to present, the bishop may collate his clerk to the church. Blackstone. 4. To bestow or confer. Bp. Taylor.