collate

Meanings

1. To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences.
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.
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.

Etymology

From Latin collātus, perfect passive participle of conferō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of confer. See also infer, delate and defer (Etymology 2), relate and refer, as well as prelate and prefer among others. Not related to collateral.