Obs. [f. prec. sb. Cf. F. collationner and med.L. collātionāre in the same senses.]
1. trans. To make a collation of; to compare (different copies, etc.); to COLLATE.
1568. Dk. Norfolk, Jrnl., in H. Campbell, Love-lett. Mary Q. Scots, App. 37. The said Erle of Murray … did thereupon deliver the copies, being collationed.
1676. W. Row, Contn. Blair’s Autobiog., xi. (1848), 358. They supplicate for a double of their petition; which being refused, they collationed their memories and wrote down their petition.
1693. Burnet, Lett., in Brit. Mag., XXXV. 376. As for the dates … I might haue writ them wrong, or collationed them too negligently.
1715. M. Davies, Athen. Brit., I. 346. If those … were by proper hands collection’d, collation’d, and edition’d.
b. Printing and Bookbinding. = COLLATE v. 4.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., s.v., To collation a Book; that is, to look diligently by the letters or figures at the bottom of every page, to see that nothing be wanting or defective.
1683. Moxon, Mech. Exerc., II. 350. Before he Folds the Books he will Colation them.
2. intr. To partake of a collation; to lunch.
1611. Cotgr., Collationner … also, to collation it, or make a rere-supper.
1658. Evelyn, Mem. (1857), I. 345. I went to see a coach-race in Hyde-Park, and collationed in Spring Garden.
1742. Jarvis, Quix. (1842), II. 246. They … all three … collationed and supped at one and the same time.
b. trans. To entertain with a collation.
1662. Evelyn, Mem. (1857), I. 389. They were likewise collationed with us, and were very merry.
1684. Dineley, 1st Dk. Beaufort’s Progr. Wales, 66. His grace was collationed according to his quality.
