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Definition collect

Etymology 1

From Middle English collecten, a borrowing from Old French collecter, from Medieval Latin collectare (“to collect money”), from Latin collecta (“a collection of money, in Late Latin a meeting, assemblage, in Medieval Latin a tax, also an assembly for prayer, a prayer”), feminine of collectus, past participle of colligere, conligere (“to gather together, collect, consider, conclude, infer”), from com- (“together”) + legere (“to gather”).

Verb

collect (third-person singular simple present collects, present participle collecting, simple past and past participle collected)

1. (transitive) To gather together; amass.
2. (transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone.
3. (transitive) To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
4. (transitive, now rare) To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
5. (intransitive, often with on or against) To collect payments.
6. (intransitive) To come together in a group or mass.
7. (transitive) To infer; to conclude.
8. (transitive, of a vehicle or driver) To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).

Adjective

collect (not comparable)

1. To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.

Adverb

collect (not comparable)

1. With payment due from the recipient.

Etymology 2

From Latin ?r?ti? ad collectam (“prayer towards the congregation”).

Noun

collect (plural collects) (sometimes capitalized)

1. (Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.

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