Col‐late″ (kŏl‐lāt″), 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.
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 person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; — followed by to.
4. To bestow or confer. Jer. Taylor.