COLLATE

collate

Verb

  1. To examine diverse documents et cetera to discover similarities and differences.
    The young attorneys were set the task of collating the contract submitted by the other side with the previous copy.
  2. To assemble something in a logical sequence.
  3. To sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order, one sequence for each copy, especially before binding.
    Collating was still necessary because they had to insert foldout sheets and index tabs into the documents.
  4. To bestow or confer.
  5. To admit a cleric to a benefice; 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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