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verb

Collect v. t. (past & past part. collected; pres. part. collecting)

To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering. "A band of men Collected choicely from each country." "'Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by preserving what our labor and industry daily collect."

To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.

To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises. (Archaic.) "Which sequence, I conceive, is very ill collected."

To collect one's self, to recover from surprise, embarrassment, or fear; to regain self-control.

Synonyms: To gather; assemble; congregate; muster; accumulate; garner; aggregate; amass; infer; deduce.

Collect v. i.

To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.

To infer; to conclude. (Archaic) "Whence some collect that the former word imports a plurality of persons."

noun

Collect n. A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy. "The noble poem on the massacres of Piedmont is strictly a collect in verse."

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"Collect" Quotes from Famous Books

... whole subject, I have been at some pains to collect the testimony of men whose positions are a guarantee not only of ...

— An Inevitable Awakening • ARTHUR JUDSON BROWN

... 'The corn has all been cut, but it has not yet been put into barns; let the knave collect all the grain in the kingdom into one big heap before to-morrow night, and if as much as a stalk of corn is left let him be put ...

— The Yellow Fairy Book • Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang

... genius of Clark, disclosed, with the rapidity of an electric flash, not only safety but new glory. To resolve to attack Hamilton before he could collect the Indians was the work of a moment—the only hope of saving the country. With a band of 150 gallant and hardy comrades, he marched across the country. It was in February, 1779. When within nine miles of the enemy, it took these intrepid men five ...

— Life & Times of Col. Daniel Boone • Cecil B. Harley

... made through Judge P. T. Scroggs, that I should make a statement of the treatment of the Federal dead and wounded at Fort Pillow, has been made known to me. Details from Federal prisoners were made to collect the dead and wounded. The dead were buried by their surviving comrades. I saw no ill treatment of their wounded on the evening of the battle, or next morning. My friend, Lieutenant Leaming, Adjutant Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry, was left wounded in the sutler's store near the fort, also a ...

— History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) - Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens • George Washington Williams

... not go into effect until June 26, and, as the primary election was scheduled for July 27 and registration had to cease fifteen days before, the women had only seventeen days in which to register. There was not time to assess and collect the poll tax requisite for voting and the Legislature added to its good work by remitting it for the election in case of women. The suffrage association set to work to assist the new citizens. Omitting only the words "official ballot," nearly half a ...

— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI • Various

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