\Col*late"\, 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 collage it, 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. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.

\Col*late"\, v. i. (Ecl.)
To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the
patron and the ordinary.
      If the bishop neglets to collate within six months, the
      right to do it devolves on the archbishop. --Encyc.
                                               Brit.