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self-coˈllected, ppl. a. [self- 3 a.] = collected 2.
a1711Ken Hymnarium Poet. Wks. II. 12 O may I self-collected here, Live all at once in filial fear. 1831Scott Ct. Rob. xiv, The features, with their self-collected composure. 1842Manning Serm. ii. (1848) I. 23 Look at the penitent sinner, calm and self collected. So self-coˈllectedness, self-coˈllection.
1834Godwin Necromancers 18 Boldness and *self-collectedness.
1842Faber Styrian Lake, etc. 292 With solemn *self-collection did he slay Himself upon the barrow newly raised. 1871Morley Vauvenargues in Crit. Misc. Ser. i. (1878) 29 The self-collection, the feminine solicitude, that [etc.]. |