Collate
Collate (kol*lāt") , transitive verb
[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.
2.
To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.
3.
(Ecclesiastical) 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. [Obsolete] — Jer. Taylor
Collate , intransitive verb
(Ecl.) To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary.
If the bishop neglects to collate within six months, the right to do it devolves on the archbishop.