COLLATE

collate. Collate, v.t. to compare, examin, prefer, raise

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Col‐late″ (kŏl‐lāt″), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collated; p. pr. & vb. n. Collating.] [[From Collation.]] 1. 1. To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement.
I must collate it, word by word, with the original Hebrew. Coleridge. 2. 2. To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.
3. 3. (Eccl.) To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; — followed by to.
4. 4. To bestow or confer. Jer. Taylor.