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1. v. t. To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement. Source: opted

2. v. t. To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding. Source: opted

3. v. t. To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to. Source: opted

4. v. t. To bestow or confer. Source: opted

5. v. i. To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary. Source: opted

6. v. compare critically; of texts Source: wordnet

7. v. to assemble in proper sequence Source: wordnet

8. 1. To word/compare">compare word/critically">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. 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. Source: webster

9. To present and institute in a benefice, when the personpresenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to. Source: adambom

10. v:100 v. compare critically; of texts v. to assemble in proper sequence Source: ecdict

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