v. t. & i. To unite or associate with another or with others. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. collègue, L. collega one chosen at the same time with another, a partner in office; col- + legare to send or choose as deputy. See Legate. ] A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures.
n. Partnership in office. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
The noble poem on the massacres of Piedmont is strictly a collect in verse. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
A band of men
Collected choicely from each country. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
'Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by preserving what our labor and industry daily collect. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
Which sequence, I conceive, is very ill collected. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
To collect one's self,
v. i.
Whence some collect that the former word imports a plurality of persons. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ Neut. pl. from L. collectaneus collected, fr. colligere. See Collect, v. t. ] Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
adv. Composedly; coolly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A collected state of the mind; self-possession. [ 1913 Webster ]