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col·lect
I. \ˈkälikt, -(ˌ)lekt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English collecte, from Old French, from Medieval Latin collecta (short for oratio ad collectam prayer upon assembly), from Late Latin, assembly, from Latin, collection, assemblage, from feminine of collectus, past participle of colligere to collect, from com- + -ligere (from legere to gather) — more at legend
1. : a short prayer comprising an invocation, petition, and conclusion; specifically often capitalized : one preceding the Eucharistic epistle and varying with the day
2. [Middle English collecte, from Latin collecta] archaic : collection, gathering
3. [probably from collect (II) ] dialect : a place where water collects : sinkhole
II. \kəˈlekt\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English, adjective, collected, from Latin collectus
transitive verb
1.
a. : to bring together into a band, group, assortment, or mass : gather
< collect an army >
< collect all the available chairs >
< collecting facts about immigration >
b. : to receive, gather, or exact from a number of persons or other sources
< the Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived — U.S. Constitution >
c. : to serve as a point of attraction or focus for (a crowd or accumulation)
< a positive genius for collecting impossible people — Ngaio Marsh >
2. : infer, deduce, conclude
< he collects our destination from the way in which things appear to have gone in the past 150 years — Times Literary Supplement >
< I collect thou art to be my fatal enemy — John Milton >
3. : to regain control of : gather or summon up : overcome distraction of
< they were excited and unsteady and … required time to collect themselves — J.A.Froude >
< collect his thoughts, before setting to work, in a quiet room — Laurence Binyon >
4. : to bring together especially in accordance with a principle of selection or an informative or profitable end : come to own as a collection or part of a collection : include as part of one's experience
< a volume of 122 ballads … which he had collected in the mountains — American Guide Series: North Carolina >
< having spent some months in successfully collecting and arranging my materials — Mary W. Shelley >
< in the matter of collecting books — I mean owning them — J.C.Powys >
< I tried to collect lakes — O.S.J.Gogarty >
5.
a. : to bring (a saddle horse) into a state of collection by use of the aids
b. of a horse : to bring (himself) into a state of collection — compare extend
6.
a. : to claim and receive in payment or fair recompense
< unable to collect his wife's retirement benefits >
< collecting social security payments >
b. : to present as due and receive payment for
< collect a bill >
c. : to call for : pick up : take or bring with one : escort
< waited only long enough to collect a letter of introduction — Harvey Graham >
< collect his girl and bring her in to the cinema — F.T.B.Macartney >
7. : to unite (two or more lines of fire hose) to form a more powerful jet of water
intransitive verb
1. : to come together in a band or group : form into or as if into a crowd
< crowds of folk used to collect on the beach to see the fun — Norman Douglas >
2. : form a layer, heap, or mass : accumulate
< dust collects on the furniture >
< junk will collect in the attic >
3.
a. : to collect matter or objects
< the botanists were out collecting in full force >
b. : to receive payment, remuneration, or other return — often used with on
< collecting on his insurance >
Synonyms: see gather
III. adverb (or adjective)
: to be paid for by the receiver
< send the package collect >
< a collect telephone call > |