Definition of collate

• v. t. - To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement.
• v. t. - To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.
• v. t. - To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to.
• v. t. - To bestow or confer.
• v. i. - To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary.