1. (v. t.) To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement.

2. (v. t.) To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.

3. (v. t.) To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to.

4. (v. t.) To bestow or confer.

5. (v. i.) To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary.

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