'Collate' definitions:
Definition of 'collate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Compare critically; of texts
verb
To assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"
Definition of 'Collate'
From: GCIDE
- Collate \Col*late"\, 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]
Definition of 'Collate'
From: GCIDE
- Collate \Col*late"\ (k[o^]l*l[=a]t"), 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]
Synonyms of 'collate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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