Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb collimate

2 senses of collimate

Sense 1
parallel, collimate -- (make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 2
collimate -- (adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument))
       => align, aline, line up, adjust -- (place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table")