Verb
To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement.
To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.
To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to.
To bestow or confer.
To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOh leave the Wise our measures to collate. One thing at least is certain, light has weight. One thing is certain and the rest debate. Light rays, when near the Sun, do not go straight. Arthur Eddington
To appreciate present conditions, collate them with those of antiquity. Basil Bunting
The parts of a judge in hearing, are four: to direct the evidence; to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech; to recapitulate, select, and collate the material points, of that which hath been said; and to give the rule or sentence. Francis Bacon
I write in longhand and assemble lots of notes, and then I try to collate them into a coherent chronology. It's like groping along in the dark. I like writing and find it challenging, but I don't find it easy. Joyce Carol Oates
collate the papers Source: Internet
All that happened was that the collating officers in those units refused to collate the results from 388 units in the governorship election that were in favour of Sen. Hope Uzodinma”. Source: Internet