VERB (2)

1. compare critically; of texts;

2. to assemble in proper sequence;
- Example: "collate the papers"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Collate \Col*late"\ (k[o^]l*l[=a]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Collated; p. pr. & vb. n. Collating.] [From Collation.]
   1. To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order
      to note the points of agreement or disagreement.
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            I must collate it, word by word, with the original
            Hebrew.                               --Coleridge.
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   2. To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for
      binding.
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   3. (Eccl.) To present and institute in a benefice, when the
      person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; --
      followed by to.
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   4. To bestow or confer. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Collate \Col*late"\, v. i. (Ecl.)
   To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the
   patron and the ordinary.
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         If the bishop neglects to collate within six months,
         the right to do it devolves on the archbishop. --Encyc.
                                                  Brit.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

collate
    v 1: compare critically; of texts
    2: to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "collate":
   assort, audit, bolt, bracket, categorize, check,
   check and doublecheck, check out, check over, classify, confirm,
   contrast, cross-check, divide, double-check, gradate, grade, group,
   painstakingly match, prove, rank, recheck, riddle, screen,
   scrutinize comparatively, separate, sieve, sift, size, sort,
   sort out, subordinate, test, triple-check, validate, verify