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collected, ppl. a.|kəˈlɛktɪd|
[f. collect v.]
1. a. lit. Gathered together, assembled, accumulated.
1670Milton Hist. Eng. i. (1851) 6 æneas a Trojan Prince..with his Son Ascanius, and a collected number that escap'd. 1735Berkeley Querist §193 The collected wisdom of ages. 1878Morley Diderot I. 203 More than four of the..volumes of his collected works.
†b. Gathered by way of inference; inferred.
1627–77Feltham Resolves i. xvii. 29 'Tis easier to bear collected unkindness, than that which we meet in affronts.
2. fig. Having one's thoughts, feelings, or mental faculties at command or in order: composed, self-possessed. The opposite of distracted.
1610Shakes. Temp. i. ii. 13 Be collected, No more amazement. 1704Swift Batt. Bks. (1711) 239 Like an Orator collected in himself, and just prepar'd to burst out. 1865M. Arnold Ess. Crit. i. (1875) 29 The most collected spectator. 1885Sir J. Hannen in Law Rep. 10 P. Div. 90 A calm and collected and rational mind.
3. Having the physical faculties under control. spec. of a horse or its action.
1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 363 When he stands collected in his Might, He roars, and promises a more successful Fight. 1879G. J. Whyte-Melville Riding Recoll. v. (ed. 7) 85 That well-broken hunter..landing in the same collected form. Ibid. v. 89, I could not have believed it possible to make a horse go so fast in so collected a form. 1937R. S. Summerhays Elem. Riding vi. 39 What I have described is the true collected canter. 1953G. Brooke Introd. Riding vii. 73 A horse is said to be collected when it is standing or moving with its centre of gravity drawn back so that its weight is evenly distributed on all four limbs. |