collectionn.

Brit.

/kəˈlɛkʃn/, U.S.

/kəˈlɛkʃən/

Forms: Also Middle English collectioun, 1500s colleccion, colleccyon, 1600s colection.

Etymology: < Old French collection (14th cent. in Littré), < Latin collectiōn-em gathering together or up, noun of action < colligĕre to collect v.

1. The action of collecting or gathering together; e.g. in Post Office use, the gathering of letters from receiving-houses, and pillar-boxes, into the Chief Office for dispatch or delivery.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > gathering together

gatheringc900

collectiona1387

uptaking1503

conference1610

comportation1633

assemblage1717

upgathering1884

society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > gathering mail from pillar-boxes

collection1887

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 345 Þe feste..of þe collectioun, of þe gaderynge of þe bones.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1499/1 Thus hauing set end to the discourse of the archbishops of Canturburie..order leadeth vs to a collection of the lord Cobhams.

a1644 W. Laud Serm. (1847) 171 It is unum aggregatum, one by collection and conjunction of many.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxiii. 202 The collection or compiling them into this one Book.

1854 H. Moseley Lect. Astron. (ed. 4) lxv. 214 A telescope..of enormous power in the collection of light.

1887 P.O. Notice (Oxford) New Collections and Deliveries in the City.

a. spec. The action of collecting money for a religious or charitable purpose, or to defray expenses, esp. at a religious service or public meeting; also concrete the money so collected. †in collection: in receipt of parish relief (obsolete); so †to take collection. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > [noun] > money collected

gatheringc1380

squillecte14..

collection1535

box money1677

bottle1893

society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > [noun] > collecting contributions

collection1535

whip-round1861

bottling1934

society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > collection

quest1528

collection1535

quête?1735

the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] > receive poor relief

to live on the alms-basket1598

to go (also come, fall, be sent, etc.) on the parisha1637

to take collection1670

to come (also go, fall, be flung, etc.) upon the town1836

the mind > possession > poverty > in impoverished state [phrase] > in receipt of relief

on (also upon) the parisha1637

in collection1702

upon (also on) the town1783

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xxiv. 9 That they shulde bringe in to the Lorde the colleccion which Moses..appointed.

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. M8 The deacons (whose office was to make collections for the poore).

1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 42 It will be as much to his reward in the next World..to have saved one that takes Collection, as him that is able to relieve half the Town.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1666 (1955) III. 464 After which followd a Collection for the poore distressd loose<r>s in the late fire.

1702 Gainsborough Parish Reg. 21 Jan. Buried—Elizabeth diks widdow, in collection.

1740 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) I. 260 I made a collection in our congregation for the relief of the poor.

1872 W. E. Scudamore Notitia Eucharistica 325 The Rubric of 1549..and that of 1552..both imply that..the collection was for the use of the poor only.

1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xxiv. 234 The collection-plate began its rounds.

1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 212 He was astonished to see a sovereign on the collection-plate.

1904 Daily Chron. 19 Mar. 9/1 Collection-box robberies.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 16 May 2/1 The net result will be an addition of eight per cent. to the collection income.

b. The gathering in of money due, as taxes or private debts.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > charges > [noun] > collecting money

collection1659

1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 161 Augustus wil'd the Publicans to stay, From grudg'd Collections, on the Saturday.

1742 N. James Poems 123 Where nine-pence a day Does the drudg'ry repay And one half must be spent in collection.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. ii. 603 The old precedents..did not authorize its collection in inland places.

3. concrete. A number of objects collected or gathered together, viewed as a whole; a group of things collected and arranged:

a. in a general sense; e.g. of extracts, historical or literary materials.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [noun] > exhibit > collection

collectiona1464

private collection1692

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 7 To gader eld exposiciones vpon scripture into o colleccion.

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 1^v Number is nothyng els but a collection of vnities.

1587 F. Thynne Ann. Scotl. 445/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II I will here set downe a collection of all the archbishops of that see.

1646 in J. Suckling Fragmenta Aurea (title page) A Collection of all the Incomparable Peeces.

1678 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 132 His lady's papers, most of which consisted of Prayers, Meditations..and Collections on several religious subjects.

1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy Pref. sig. A4 To make such Collections out of 'em [sc. the Classics] as I might afterwards have Occasion for.

1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra I. Ded. p. i A collection of Letters.

1853 R. C. Trench On Lessons in Proverbs 3 Aristotle made a collection of proverbs.

1872 E. Peacock Mabel Heron I. vi. 94 A collection of bits of string.

1878 J. E. B. Mayor Comm. on Juvenal ii. Pref. 9 I have on all the satires collections on the same scale as the fullest here printed.

figurative.a1721 M. Prior Henry & Emma 643 No perjured knight desires to quit thy arms, Fairest collection of thy sex's charms.

b. of scientific specimens, objects of interest, works of art, etc. spec. The range of clothes (as for a season, etc.) displayed by a fashion designer; a display of such apparel.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > collecting and storing > collecting curiosities, etc. > a collection of curiosities, etc.

collection1681

museum1755

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > other

disguise1340

disguisingc1386

shiftc1570

French cut1606

knaverya1616

small clothes1625

small storesa1643

nugging-dress1699

kilting1721

fancy dress1770

under-habit1772

man-millinery1790

sheen1802

costume1818

ingubu1833

bedizenment1837

tat1839

extravaganza1860

rational dress1873

rubber1876

pearly1890

new look1920

collection1921

Daks1933

smart casual1943

separates1945

trapeze1958

Carnaby Street1965

haute boutique1966

kinderwhore1994

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > modelling or displaying clothing > [noun] > fashion show or display

collection1921

fashion week1934

fashion show1938

1681 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 130 I had not leisure..to view your rare collection of plants.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1651 (1955) III. 33 He had..a very curious collection of Scarabies.

1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy Pref. sig. A3 Vast Collections of all Kinds of Antiquities.

1722 Journ. thro' Eng. I. 260 I must own that I have seen much finer Collections abroad than this here.

1870 Magnusson tr. Asgrimsson Lilja Introd. 24 The Banksian collection of Icelandic MSS.

1886 J. Morley Pop. Culture in Crit. Misc. III. 3 Why..should not a portion of the Castellani collection pass six months of the year in Birmingham?

a1891 Mod. A large collection of postage stamps.

1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 10 Apr. 4/5 (advt.) Every garment in the collection measures up fully to the demands that even the most critical women could make.

1925 Studio Autumn no. 171/2 (advt.) Nicole Groult..will show her spring collection of gowns, cloaks and hats from the 17th till the 29th March at 13 Bruton St.

1936 ‘R. West’ Thinking Reed viii. 263 I suppose living in Paris you go to see all the collections.

1951 I. Shaw Troubled Air xxii. 394 A gown from a French collection.

1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 77 In Paris there are two collections a year.

c. A quantity of anything, as water, which has collected into one mass; an accumulation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > mass formed by collection of particles > an accumulation

accumulation1490

amass1567

compile1595

compilement1655

collection1697

lodgement1739

cumulation1892

pile-up1937

1697 S. Patrick Comm. Exod. (vii. 19) 122 There were, here and there, other Collections of Water.

1746–7 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 209 The same collection of floating vapours.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xliv. 258 The Israelites [thought]..that the rain came from a collection of waters above the firmament.

†4. A summing up, an abstract, summary. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > summarizing > summary

sum1340

conclusionc1405

capitlea1425

docketa1483

chapiter1483

summary1509

summar1565

collection1579

continent1590

epilogue1646

summing up1795

sum-up1848

sum totalization1855

run-through1946

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 35 As by a briefe collection of the whole Chapter..shall appeare.

1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 14 Mr. Attourney reade the colleccion of the examination.

1646 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 4) 34 To make a little Epilogue, and briefe collection of what thou deliveredst.

1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. Explan. Terms 167 This is a Brief Collection, and indeed the whole Sum of Turning.

†5. The action of inferring or deducing; an inference, deduction, conclusion. Obsolete. [ < Latin collectio.]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [noun]

reasoning?c1400

collection1529

conclusion1532

induction1551

inferring1571

remotion1587

syllogism1588

deduction1593

inference1593

inferment1593

extraction1622

eduction1654

perduction1656

reducementa1750

deducing1826

vertical thinking1966

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [noun] > product of inferring, an inference

consequentc1374

corollaryc1374

conclusion1399

consequencec1400

inductionc1440

collection1529

sequel1565

consectary1588

inference1612

sequence1614

ratiocinationc1620

introduction1632

upshot1639

sequency1642

consequency1651

deducible1654

consequentiala1734

generalization1794

educt1816

sequitur1836

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 155/1 By a collection & discourse of reason.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 86 From hence Hierom Cardan would make this collection, that of euery corrupted liuing creature, another doth proceede.

1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 15 Wrong collections have been hitherto made out of those words by modern Divines.

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. III. 538 One was the Object of Sense..the Other..the Collection of Reason.

6. The action of collecting or bringing under control (one's thoughts, etc.); the action of collecting oneself, or state of being collected; composure. (See collect v. 3, collected adj. 2.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun]

resteOE

peacea1225

egalityc1374

tranquillityc1374

peaceabilityc1384

sobernessc1384

tranquille1412

quietness?a1425

evenheadc1440

equalitya1475

equability1531

sobermood1556

calmness1561

evenness1561

serenity1599

collection1602

equilibrium1608

calm1609

temperateness1609

composedness1611

recollection1611

temper1611

unpassionateness1611

placidity1619

sereneness1628

attemperature1635

quietationa1639

equableness1641

steadiness1642

sedateness1647

imperturbation1648

placidness1654

centredness1662

equanimity1663

composure1667

serenitude1672

equalness1675

unperturbedness1676

dispassion1690

quietism1735

serene1744

relaxednessa1750

self-composure1762

sober-mindedness1767

collectedness1789

unprovokedness1795

comfortableness1815

repose1815

levelness1824

dispassionateness1842

unruffledness1858

passionlessness1867

the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun] > action of calming

lullingc1394

quietation?1504

mellowing1528

cooling1588

collection1602

sedation1616

becalming1625

calming1699

soothings1745

tranquillizing1801

soothing1813

1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. i. sig. K2 Most seuere In fashion, and collection of himselfe.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 153. ⁋14 Without any change of posture, or collection of countenance.

1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xv. 257 In danger of losing the true collection and rest of the spirit.

1868 C. Kingsley Hermits 127 Without habitual collection and re-collection of our own selves from time to time.

7. A district under the jurisdiction of a collector of customs, taxes, etc.; a collectorate.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under tax-collector in India

zamindari1742

collection1786

collectorship1789

collectorate1825

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > tax district

collection1786

collectorship1789

collectorate1825

taxing district1890

1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings in Wks. XI. 483 In the administration of the collections of Benares.

1880 Act 43 & 44 Vict. c. 24 §95 The collector of the collection in which the rectifier's premises are situate.

a. plural. An examination at the end of each term in the colleges of the University of Oxford; thence adopted at Durham, and elsewhere.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > university examinations

fellowship examination1787

collections1799

responsions1810

response1813

little go1816

great go1820

Previous Examination1824

school1826

smalls1836

senate-house examination1837

tripos1842

honours examination1851

biennial1853

great1854

moderations1857

Mods1858

professional1890

Trip1909

previous1950

1799 C. K. Sharpe in Corr. (1888) I. 89 We are all in a sad fuss here [i.e. in Oxford] about Collections, which come on next week.

1807 Sir W. Hamilton Let. in Veitch Life I have been so busy with collections, which are public examinations at the end of each term on all the books we have read during the continuance of the term.

1881 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 2 July 117 The schools are impending—Collections hover near.

1886 Lyte Hist. Univ. Oxf. 218 The examinations called ‘collections’, which are nowadays held in the colleges of Oxford at the end of each academical term, are said to derive their name from the ‘collecta,’ or ingathering of fees, which was anciently made at the corresponding times.

b. As a rendering of Latin collecta (cf. collect n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > meeting for observance > [noun]

collect1382

collection1609

synaxis1625

prayer meeting1721

holiness meeting1892

society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun] > a meeting

synagoguea1300

councilc1340

collect1382

convent1382

convocation1387

samingc1400

advocationa1425

meetingc1425

steven1481

congress1528

concion1533

conference1575

collection1609

congression1611

divan1619

rendezvous1628

comitia1631

society1712

majlis1821

get-up1826

agora1886

1609 Bible (Douay) I. Deut. xvi. 8 In the seventh day, because it is the collection [1611 a solemne assembly] of our Lord thy God.

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单词	collection
释义	collectionn. Brit. /kəˈlɛkʃn/, U.S. /kəˈlɛkʃən/ Forms: Also Middle English collectioun, 1500s colleccion, colleccyon, 1600s colection. Etymology: < Old French collection (14th cent. in Littré), < Latin collectiōn-em gathering together or up, noun of action < colligĕre to collect v. 1. The action of collecting or gathering together; e.g. in Post Office use, the gathering of letters from receiving-houses, and pillar-boxes, into the Chief Office for dispatch or delivery. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > gathering together gatheringc900 collectiona1387 uptaking1503 conference1610 comportation1633 assemblage1717 upgathering1884 society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > gathering mail from pillar-boxes collection1887 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 345 Þe feste..of þe collectioun, of þe gaderynge of þe bones. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1499/1 Thus hauing set end to the discourse of the archbishops of Canturburie..order leadeth vs to a collection of the lord Cobhams. a1644 W. Laud Serm. (1847) 171 It is unum aggregatum, one by collection and conjunction of many. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxiii. 202 The collection or compiling them into this one Book. 1854 H. Moseley Lect. Astron. (ed. 4) lxv. 214 A telescope..of enormous power in the collection of light. 1887 P.O. Notice (Oxford) New Collections and Deliveries in the City. 2. a. spec. The action of collecting money for a religious or charitable purpose, or to defray expenses, esp. at a religious service or public meeting; also concrete the money so collected. †in collection: in receipt of parish relief (obsolete); so †to take collection. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > [noun] > money collected gatheringc1380 squillecte14.. collection1535 box money1677 bottle1893 society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > [noun] > collecting contributions collection1535 whip-round1861 bottling1934 society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > collection quest1528 collection1535 quête?1735 the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] > receive poor relief to live on the alms-basket1598 to go (also come, fall, be sent, etc.) on the parisha1637 to take collection1670 to come (also go, fall, be flung, etc.) upon the town1836 the mind > possession > poverty > in impoverished state [phrase] > in receipt of relief on (also upon) the parisha1637 in collection1702 upon (also on) the town1783 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xxiv. 9 That they shulde bringe in to the Lorde the colleccion which Moses..appointed. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. M8 The deacons (whose office was to make collections for the poore). 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 42 It will be as much to his reward in the next World..to have saved one that takes Collection, as him that is able to relieve half the Town. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1666 (1955) III. 464 After which followd a Collection for the poore distressd loose<r>s in the late fire. 1702 Gainsborough Parish Reg. 21 Jan. Buried—Elizabeth diks widdow, in collection. 1740 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) I. 260 I made a collection in our congregation for the relief of the poor. 1872 W. E. Scudamore Notitia Eucharistica 325 The Rubric of 1549..and that of 1552..both imply that..the collection was for the use of the poor only. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xxiv. 234 The collection-plate began its rounds. 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 212 He was astonished to see a sovereign on the collection-plate. 1904 Daily Chron. 19 Mar. 9/1 Collection-box robberies. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 16 May 2/1 The net result will be an addition of eight per cent. to the collection income. b. The gathering in of money due, as taxes or private debts. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > charges > [noun] > collecting money collection1659 1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 161 Augustus wil'd the Publicans to stay, From grudg'd Collections, on the Saturday. 1742 N. James Poems 123 Where nine-pence a day Does the drudg'ry repay And one half must be spent in collection. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. ii. 603 The old precedents..did not authorize its collection in inland places. 3. concrete. A number of objects collected or gathered together, viewed as a whole; a group of things collected and arranged: a. in a general sense; e.g. of extracts, historical or literary materials. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [noun] > exhibit > collection collectiona1464 private collection1692 a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 7 To gader eld exposiciones vpon scripture into o colleccion. 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 1^v Number is nothyng els but a collection of vnities. 1587 F. Thynne Ann. Scotl. 445/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II I will here set downe a collection of all the archbishops of that see. 1646 in J. Suckling Fragmenta Aurea (title page) A Collection of all the Incomparable Peeces. 1678 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 132 His lady's papers, most of which consisted of Prayers, Meditations..and Collections on several religious subjects. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy Pref. sig. A4 To make such Collections out of 'em [sc. the Classics] as I might afterwards have Occasion for. 1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra I. Ded. p. i A collection of Letters. 1853 R. C. Trench On Lessons in Proverbs 3 Aristotle made a collection of proverbs. 1872 E. Peacock Mabel Heron I. vi. 94 A collection of bits of string. 1878 J. E. B. Mayor Comm. on Juvenal ii. Pref. 9 I have on all the satires collections on the same scale as the fullest here printed. figurative.a1721 M. Prior Henry & Emma 643 No perjured knight desires to quit thy arms, Fairest collection of thy sex's charms. b. of scientific specimens, objects of interest, works of art, etc. spec. The range of clothes (as for a season, etc.) displayed by a fashion designer; a display of such apparel. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > collecting and storing > collecting curiosities, etc. > a collection of curiosities, etc. collection1681 museum1755 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > other disguise1340 disguisingc1386 shiftc1570 French cut1606 knaverya1616 small clothes1625 small storesa1643 nugging-dress1699 kilting1721 fancy dress1770 under-habit1772 man-millinery1790 sheen1802 costume1818 ingubu1833 bedizenment1837 tat1839 extravaganza1860 rational dress1873 rubber1876 pearly1890 new look1920 collection1921 Daks1933 smart casual1943 separates1945 trapeze1958 Carnaby Street1965 haute boutique1966 kinderwhore1994 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > modelling or displaying clothing > [noun] > fashion show or display collection1921 fashion week1934 fashion show1938 1681 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 130 I had not leisure..to view your rare collection of plants. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1651 (1955) III. 33 He had..a very curious collection of Scarabies. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy Pref. sig. A3 Vast Collections of all Kinds of Antiquities. 1722 Journ. thro' Eng. I. 260 I must own that I have seen much finer Collections abroad than this here. 1870 Magnusson tr. Asgrimsson Lilja Introd. 24 The Banksian collection of Icelandic MSS. 1886 J. Morley Pop. Culture in Crit. Misc. III. 3 Why..should not a portion of the Castellani collection pass six months of the year in Birmingham? a1891 Mod. A large collection of postage stamps. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 10 Apr. 4/5 (advt.) Every garment in the collection measures up fully to the demands that even the most critical women could make. 1925 Studio Autumn no. 171/2 (advt.) Nicole Groult..will show her spring collection of gowns, cloaks and hats from the 17th till the 29th March at 13 Bruton St. 1936 ‘R. West’ Thinking Reed viii. 263 I suppose living in Paris you go to see all the collections. 1951 I. Shaw Troubled Air xxii. 394 A gown from a French collection. 1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 77 In Paris there are two collections a year. c. A quantity of anything, as water, which has collected into one mass; an accumulation. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > mass formed by collection of particles > an accumulation accumulation1490 amass1567 compile1595 compilement1655 collection1697 lodgement1739 cumulation1892 pile-up1937 1697 S. Patrick Comm. Exod. (vii. 19) 122 There were, here and there, other Collections of Water. 1746–7 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 209 The same collection of floating vapours. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xliv. 258 The Israelites [thought]..that the rain came from a collection of waters above the firmament. †4. A summing up, an abstract, summary. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > summarizing > summary sum1340 conclusionc1405 capitlea1425 docketa1483 chapiter1483 summary1509 summar1565 collection1579 continent1590 epilogue1646 summing up1795 sum-up1848 sum totalization1855 run-through1946 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 35 As by a briefe collection of the whole Chapter..shall appeare. 1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 14 Mr. Attourney reade the colleccion of the examination. 1646 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 4) 34 To make a little Epilogue, and briefe collection of what thou deliveredst. 1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. Explan. Terms 167 This is a Brief Collection, and indeed the whole Sum of Turning. †5. The action of inferring or deducing; an inference, deduction, conclusion. Obsolete. [ < Latin collectio.] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [noun] reasoning?c1400 collection1529 conclusion1532 induction1551 inferring1571 remotion1587 syllogism1588 deduction1593 inference1593 inferment1593 extraction1622 eduction1654 perduction1656 reducementa1750 deducing1826 vertical thinking1966 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [noun] > product of inferring, an inference consequentc1374 corollaryc1374 conclusion1399 consequencec1400 inductionc1440 collection1529 sequel1565 consectary1588 inference1612 sequence1614 ratiocinationc1620 introduction1632 upshot1639 sequency1642 consequency1651 deducible1654 consequentiala1734 generalization1794 educt1816 sequitur1836 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 155/1 By a collection & discourse of reason. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 86 From hence Hierom Cardan would make this collection, that of euery corrupted liuing creature, another doth proceede. 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 15 Wrong collections have been hitherto made out of those words by modern Divines. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. III. 538 One was the Object of Sense..the Other..the Collection of Reason. 6. The action of collecting or bringing under control (one's thoughts, etc.); the action of collecting oneself, or state of being collected; composure. (See collect v. 3, collected adj. 2.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun] resteOE peacea1225 egalityc1374 tranquillityc1374 peaceabilityc1384 sobernessc1384 tranquille1412 quietness?a1425 evenheadc1440 equalitya1475 equability1531 sobermood1556 calmness1561 evenness1561 serenity1599 collection1602 equilibrium1608 calm1609 temperateness1609 composedness1611 recollection1611 temper1611 unpassionateness1611 placidity1619 sereneness1628 attemperature1635 quietationa1639 equableness1641 steadiness1642 sedateness1647 imperturbation1648 placidness1654 centredness1662 equanimity1663 composure1667 serenitude1672 equalness1675 unperturbedness1676 dispassion1690 quietism1735 serene1744 relaxednessa1750 self-composure1762 sober-mindedness1767 collectedness1789 unprovokedness1795 comfortableness1815 repose1815 levelness1824 dispassionateness1842 unruffledness1858 passionlessness1867 the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun] > action of calming lullingc1394 quietation?1504 mellowing1528 cooling1588 collection1602 sedation1616 becalming1625 calming1699 soothings1745 tranquillizing1801 soothing1813 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. i. sig. K2 Most seuere In fashion, and collection of himselfe. View more context for this quotation 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 153. ⁋14 Without any change of posture, or collection of countenance. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xv. 257 In danger of losing the true collection and rest of the spirit. 1868 C. Kingsley Hermits 127 Without habitual collection and re-collection of our own selves from time to time. 7. A district under the jurisdiction of a collector of customs, taxes, etc.; a collectorate. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under tax-collector in India zamindari1742 collection1786 collectorship1789 collectorate1825 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > tax district collection1786 collectorship1789 collectorate1825 taxing district1890 1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings in Wks. XI. 483 In the administration of the collections of Benares. 1880 Act 43 & 44 Vict. c. 24 §95 The collector of the collection in which the rectifier's premises are situate. 8. a. plural. An examination at the end of each term in the colleges of the University of Oxford; thence adopted at Durham, and elsewhere. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > university examinations fellowship examination1787 collections1799 responsions1810 response1813 little go1816 great go1820 Previous Examination1824 school1826 smalls1836 senate-house examination1837 tripos1842 honours examination1851 biennial1853 great1854 moderations1857 Mods1858 professional1890 Trip1909 previous1950 1799 C. K. Sharpe in Corr. (1888) I. 89 We are all in a sad fuss here [i.e. in Oxford] about Collections, which come on next week. 1807 Sir W. Hamilton Let. in Veitch Life I have been so busy with collections, which are public examinations at the end of each term on all the books we have read during the continuance of the term. 1881 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 2 July 117 The schools are impending—Collections hover near. 1886 Lyte Hist. Univ. Oxf. 218 The examinations called ‘collections’, which are nowadays held in the colleges of Oxford at the end of each academical term, are said to derive their name from the ‘collecta,’ or ingathering of fees, which was anciently made at the corresponding times. b. As a rendering of Latin collecta (cf. collect n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > meeting for observance > [noun] collect1382 collection1609 synaxis1625 prayer meeting1721 holiness meeting1892 society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun] > a meeting synagoguea1300 councilc1340 collect1382 convent1382 convocation1387 samingc1400 advocationa1425 meetingc1425 steven1481 congress1528 concion1533 conference1575 collection1609 congression1611 divan1619 rendezvous1628 comitia1631 society1712 majlis1821 get-up1826 agora1886 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Deut. xvi. 8 In the seventh day, because it is the collection [1611 a solemne assembly] of our Lord thy God. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † collectionv. Etymology: compare French collectionner to make a collection, to collect specimens. Obsolete. transitive. To collect, make into a collection.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 346 If..such Tryals, were by proper hands collection'd, collation'd, and edition'd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1387v.1715
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collectionn.

† collectionv.