collating

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.
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            I must collate it, word by word, with the original
            Hebrew.                               --Coleridge.
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   2. To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for
      binding.
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   3. (Eccl.) To present and institute in a benefice, when the
      person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; --
      followed by to.
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   4. To bestow or confer. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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