Word Meanings - COLLATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding. 3. The act of conferring or bestowing. Not by the collation of the king . . . but by the people. Bacon. 4. A conference. Chaucer. (more info) OF. collacion, F. collation, fr. L.

Additional info about word: COLLATION

The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding. 3. The act of conferring or bestowing. Not by the collation of the king . . . but by the people. Bacon. 4. A conference. Chaucer. (more info) OF. collacion, F. collation, fr. L. collatio a bringing together, comparing, fr. collatum ; col- + latium , for tlatum. See 1. The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing with another of a like kind; comparison, in general. Pope.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COLLATION)

• Aggregate
• Aggregation
• Sum
• result
• total
• mass
• whole
• totality
• collection
• amount
• collation
• combination
• Collection
• Assembly
• assemblage
• store
• gathering
• Compilation
• Collation
• composition
• patchwork
• Induction

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of COLLATION)

• Fall
• recede
• relapse
• decline
• fail
• Originate
• arise
• precede
• spring
• commence
• start
• begin

Related words: (words related to COLLATION)

• STORER
  One who lays up or forms a store.
• SPREADINGLY
  , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
• SPRINGBOARD
  An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
• SPRINGE
  A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak.
• SPRINGAL
  An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
• STARTLINGLY
  In a startling manner.
• SPRINT
  To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. (more info) Etym:
• TOTALIS
  The total. I look on nothing but totalis. B. Jonson.
• SPRIGHTLY
  Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
• SPRINKLING
  1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles. Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling or effusion of water. Ayliffe. 2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow. 3. Hence, a moderate
• PRECEDENTLY
  Beforehand; antecedently.
• SPRINGY
  1. Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step. Though her little frame was slight, it was firm and springy. Sir W. Scott. 2. Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as,
• SPRIGGED
  Having sprigs.
• RESULTIVE
  Resultant. Fuller.
• BEGIN
  beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna, Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. sq. root31. See Gin to 1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence. Vast chain of being! which from God
• SPRUNTLY
  In a sprunt manner; smartly; vigorously; youthfully. B. Jonson.
• RECEDE
  1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw. Like the hollow roar Of tides receding from the instituted shore. Dryden. All bodies moved circularly endeavor to recede from the center. Bentley. 2. To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist;
• SPRINGHALT
  A kind of lameness in horse. See Stringhalt. Shak.
• WHOLENESS
  The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness.
• SPRIGHTFUL
  Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay. -- Spright"ful*ly, adv. Shak. -- Spright"ful*ness, n. Spoke like a sprightful gentlemen. Shak. Steeds sprightful as the light. Cowley.
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• DISPROPORTIONABLE
  Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
• DISPROPORTIONALITY
  The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
• MEGATHEROID
  One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.
• HANDSPRING
  A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
• MISPROPORTION
  To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion.
• MISPRONOUNCE
  To pronounce incorrectly.
• DISPROPORTIONATE
  Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means.
• BEDSPREAD
  A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet.