Hypertext Webster Gateway: "collect"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Collect \Col*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Collected}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Collecting}.] [L. collecrus, p. p. of collerige to
bind together; col- + legere to gather: cf. OF. collecter.
See {Legend}, and cf. {Coil}, v. t., {Cull}, v. t.]
1. To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring
together; to obtain by gathering.
A band of men Collected choicely from each country.
--Shak.
'Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by
preserving what our labor and industry daily
collect. --Watts.
2. To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other
indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.
3. To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
[Archaic.] --Shak.
Which sequence, I conceive, is very ill collected.
--Locke.
{To collect one's self}, to recover from surprise,
embarrassment, or fear; to regain self-control.
Syn: To gather; assemble; congregate; muster; accumulate;
garner; aggregate; amass; infer; deduce.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Collect \Col*lect"\, v. i.
1. To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd;
to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.
2. To infer; to conclude. [Archaic]
Whence some collect that the former word imports a
plurality of persons. --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Collect \Col"lect\, n. [LL. collecta, fr. L. collecta a
collection in money; an assemblage, fr. collerige: cf. F.
collecte. See {Collect}, v. t.]
A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day,
occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.
The noble poem on the massacres of Piedmont is strictly
a collect in verse. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
collect
adj : payment due by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call";
"the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" [syn: {cod}]
n : a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church
of Rome or the Church of England
adv : make a telephone call or mail a package so that the
recipient pays; "call collect"; "send a package
collect"
v 1: get together [syn: {accumulate}, {pile up}, {amass}, {compile},
{hoard}]
2: call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million
dollars in outstanding debts" [syn: {take in}]
3: assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your
thoughts together" [syn: {gather}, {garner}, {pull
together}] [ant: {spread}]
4: get or bring together; "accumulate evidence" [syn: {accumulate},
{pull in}]
5: gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday";
"She picked up the children at the day care center" [syn:
{pick up}, {gather up}, {call for}]
6: to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers" [syn: {collate}]
7: move together [syn: {gather}, {congregate}]
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