To collect and combine texts, information, or data in a proper order. The researcher needed to collate the survey responses before analyzing the results.
To compare critically in order to note points of agreement or disagreement. The editor collated the different versions of the manuscript to ensure consistency.
To assemble pages in a specific order, especially in printing. The printer will collate the pages of the report before binding them.
To appoint a clergyman to a benefice, especially by episcopal authority. In the eighteenth century, the archbishop collated him to a parish in the north.