Collate

kol-āt′, v.t. to bring together for comparison: to examine and compare, as books, and esp. old manuscripts: to place in or confer a benefice upon: to place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.— adj. Collā′table .— ns. Collā′tion , act of collating: a bringing together for examination and comparison: presentation to a benefice: a repast between meals, from the habit of reading the coll at i ones or lives of the Fathers during meals in monasteries.— adj. Collā′tive , having the power of conferring: of livings where the bishop and patron are one and the same person.— n. Collā′tor , one who collates or compares: one who bestows or presents. [L. conferre , collatum — con , together, ferre , to bring.]