- (v.t.) To bestow or confer.
- (v.t.) To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to.
- (v.t.) To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement.
- (v.t.) To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.
- (v.i.) To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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