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col·li·mate       [kol-uh-meyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -mat·ed, -mat·ing.
1.to bring into line; make parallel.
2.to adjust accurately the line of sight of (a telescope).
[Origin: 1615–25; < L collimātus, misreading of collineātus, ptp. of collineāre to direct in a straight line, equiv. to col- col-1 + -lineā-, v. deriv. of linea line1 + -tus ptp. suffix]

—Related forms
col·li·ma·tion, noun
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col·li·mate       (kŏl'ə-māt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   col·li·mat·ed, col·li·mat·ing, col·li·mates
  1. To make parallel; line up.
  2. To adjust the line of sight of (an optical device).


[New Latin collīmāre, collīmāt-, alteration of Latin collīneāre, to aim : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + līneāre, to make straight (from līnea, line; see line1).]

col'li·ma'tion n.
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