English English Dictionary
Result for Collect
Collect
(v. t.)
To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.
Collect
(v. t.)
To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.
Collect
(v. t.)
To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
Collect
(v. i.)
To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.
Collect
(v. i.)
To infer; to conclude.
Collect
(v. t.)
A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.