v. [f. L. collīneāt- ppl. stem of collīneāre: see COLLINE v.]
† 1. intr. To meet together or converge, as lines, towards a point; also fig. Obs.
a. 1631. Donne, Serm., xxvii. 272. This is certain, this all St. Paul places Collineate to.
1651. Life Father Sarpi (1676), 66. The very centre where all their lines do collineate.
† 2. ‘To level at or hit the mark’ (Blount, Glossogr., 1656). Obs.
So in Bailey, 1721–90.
3. = COLLIMATE 2 (being the etymological form).
In modern Dicts.
