collect

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\ \ [16] Collect comes via French collecter or medieval Latin collēctāre from collēct-, the past participial stem of Latin colligeregather together’, a compound verb formed from com- ‘together’ and legeregather’ (source also of English elect, neglect, and select and, from its secondary meaning ‘read’, lecture and legible).
\ \ The specialized noun use of collect, ‘short prayer’, pronounced with its main stress on the first syllable, antedates the verb in English, having arrived via Old French in the 13th century. It comes from late Latin collēctaassembly’, a nominalization of the past participle of colligere, which was used in medieval times in the phrase ōrātiō ad collēctamprayer to the congregation’. Collect comes from the past participle of Latin colligere, but its infinitive form is the source of English coil and cull.
\ \ Cf.COIL, CULL, ELECT, LECTURE, LEGIBLE, LIGNEOUS, NEGLECT, SELECT

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  • Collect — • The name now used only for short prayers before the Epistle in the Mass, which occur again at Lauds, Terce, Sext, None, and Vespers Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Collect     Collect …   Catholic encyclopedia

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  • Collect — Col*lect (k[o^]l*l[e^]kt ), 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • collect — collect1 [kə lekt′] vt. [ME collecten < OFr collecter < L collectus: see COLLECT2] 1. to gather together; assemble 2. to gather (stamps, books, etc.) as a hobby 3. to call for and receive (money) for (rent, a fund, taxes, bills, etc.) 4. to …   English World dictionary

  • Collect — Col lect, 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • collect — Ⅰ. collect [1] ► VERB 1) bring or gather together. 2) systematically acquire (items of a particular kind) as a hobby. 3) call for and take away; fetch. 4) call for and receive as a right or due. 5) (collect oneself) regain control of onese …   English terms dictionary

  • Collect — Col*lect , v. i. 1. To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks. [1913 Webster] 2. To infer; to conclude. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Whence some collect that the former word imports a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • collect — (v.) early 15c. (trans.), from O.Fr. collecter to collect (late 14c.), from L. collectus, pp. of colligere gather together, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + legere to gather (see LECTURE (Cf. lecture) (n.)). The intransitive sense is… …   Etymology dictionary

  • collect — [v1] accumulate, come together aggregate, amass, array, assemble, cluster, compile, congregate, congress, convene, converge, convoke, corral, flock, flock together, gather, get hold of, group, heap, hoard, muster, rally, rendezvous, round up,… …   New thesaurus

  • collect — *gather, assemble, congregate Analogous words: mass, *heap, pile: *accumulate, amass, hoard: consolidate, concentrate, *compact Antonyms: disperse: distribute Contrasted words: *scatter, dissipate, dispel: dispense, divide, deal, dole (see …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • collect — To pick up mail from collection boxes or customers …   Glossary of postal terms

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