collect

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

2. To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises. [ Archaic. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which sequence, I conceive, is very ill collected. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 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 ]

‖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. 1. Gathered together. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Self-possessed; calm; composed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Composedly; coolly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A collected state of the mind; self-possession. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being collected. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. collectio: cf. F. collection. ] 1. The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is collected; as: (a) A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons. “A collection of letters.” Macaulay. (b) A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings. “The collection for the saints.” 1 Cor. xvi. 1 (c) (Usually in pl.) That which is obtained in payment of demands. (d) An accumulation of any substance. “Collections of moisture.” Whewell. “A purulent collection.” Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We may safely say thus, that wrong collections have been hitherto made out of those words by modern divines. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The jurisdiction of a collector of excise. [ Eng. ]

Syn. -- Gathering; assembly; assemblage; group; crowd; congregation; mass; heap; compilation. [ 1913 Webster ]