v. To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement.v. To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.v. To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to.v. To bestow or confer.verb-intransitive. To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary.