English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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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.

Collectanea (v. t.)

Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology.

Collected (imp. & p. p.)

of Collect

Collected (a.)

Gathered together.

Collected (a.)

Self-possessed; calm; composed.

Collectedly (adv.)

Composedly; coolly.

Collectedness (n.)

A collected state of the mind; self-possession.

Collectible (a.)

Capable of being collected.

Collecting (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Collect

Collection (n.)

The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

Collection (n.)

That which is collected

Collection (n.)

A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.

Collection (n.)

A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings.

Collection (n.)

That which is obtained in payment of demands.

Collection (n.)

An accumulation of any substance.

Collection (n.)

The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.