a. (and sb.) [ad. L. collātīv-us brought together, collected, joint, f. collāt- (see COLLATE). Cf. F. collatif.]

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  † 1.  Of the nature of, or formed by, joint contribution: cf. collective. Obs.

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1656.  Blount, Glossogr., Collative, conferred together, made large, mutual.

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1813.  W. Taylor, in Monthly Rev., LXX. 500. The Romans had public funerals for their ministerial, and collative funerals for their opposition, chieftains.

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  2.  That has the quality or power of conferring. Const. of.

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1644.  Bp. Maxwell, Prerog. Chr. Kings, viii. 92. Collative of positive acts and effects.

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a. 1677.  Barrow, Pope’s Suprem. (1687), 66. These words do not seem institutive or collative of Power.

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1832.  Austin, Jurispr. (1879), II. lv. 914. Investitive facts he divides into collative and impositive.

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1875.  Poste, Gaius, I. Introd. 3. Title … is any fact Collative or Privative of a Right.

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  † 3.  Of a conferred or bestowed kind. Obs.

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1617.  Collins, Def. Bp. Ely, II. x. 417. The elements by prayer acquire a degree of sanctification … (I meane relatiue and collatiue, not essentiall sanctification).

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  4.  Eccl. Where the ordinary (being himself the patron) collates.

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1725.  trans. Dupin’s Eccl. Hist. 17th C., I. III. i. 79. Collative Benefices.

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1767.  Blackstone, Comm., II. 22. An advowson collative is where the bishop and patron are one and the same person.

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  † B.  sb. A joint contribution. [L. collātīvum.]

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1656.  Blount, Glossogr., Collative, a Sacrifice made of many mens offerings together, a benevolence of the people to the King.

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