What is the act of conferring or bestowing. [Obs.] Not by the collation of the king . . . but by the people. Bacon called?
collation — The act of conferring or bestowing. [Obs.] Not by the collation of the king . . . but by the people. Bacon. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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