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col·lect1 / kəˈlekt/ • v. [tr.] 1. bring or gather together (things, typically when scattered or widespread). ∎ accumulate and store over a period of time: collect rainwater to use on the garden. ∎ systematically seek and acquire (items of a particular kind) as a hobby: I've started collecting stamps. | [intr.] the urge to collect, to have the full set, is in us all. ∎ [intr.] come together and form a group or mass: dust and dirt collect so quickly. . 2. call for and take away; fetch: the children were collected from school. ∎ go somewhere and accept or receive (something), esp. as a right or due: she went to Oxford to collect her honorary degree. ∎ solicit and receive (donations), esp. for charity: collecting money for the war effort | [intr.] we collected for the United Way. ∎ receive (money that is due); be paid: [tr.] they called to collect a debt | [intr.] he'd come to collect. 3. (collect oneself) regain control of oneself, typically after a shock. ∎ bring together and concentrate (one's thoughts). 4. archaic conclude; infer. 5. cause (a horse) to bring its hind legs further forward as it moves, thereby shortening the stride and increasing balance and impulsion. • adv. & adj. (with reference to a telephone call) to be paid for by the person receiving it: [as adv.] I called my mother collect | [as adj.] a collect call. col·lect2 / ˈkälˌekt; -likt/ • n. (in church use) a short prayer, esp. one assigned to a particular day or season. |
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"collect." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "collect." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-collect.html "collect." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-collect.html |
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collect. The short form of prayer constructed (with variations in detail) from (1) an invocation, (2) a petition, and (3) a pleading of Christ's name or an ascription of glory to God. The prayers later known as Secrets and Post-Communions are structurally indistinguishable, but the term ‘collect’ in the Eucharistic rite is normally confined to the prayer (or prayers) which immediately precedes the lections. Such prayers were familiar by the 5th cent. They secured a place in the daily Offices as well as in the Eucharist.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "collect." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "collect." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-collect.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "collect." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-collect.html |
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collect 2 gather together. XVI. — OF. collecter or medL. collēctāre, f. collēct-, pp. stem of colligere, f. COL- + legere collect, assemble, choose, read.
So collection action of collecting XIV; things collected XV. — (O)F. — L. collective XV. — F. or L. Hence collectivism, -ist XIX. collector XIV. — AN. collectour — medL. collector; see -OR 1. |
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T. F. HOAD. "collect." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "collect." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-collect1.html T. F. HOAD. "collect." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-collect1.html |
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collect [Late Lat.,=meeting], in Western liturgies, short prayer proper to an occasion, often asking a particular favor. In the Roman Catholic Church the collect is said, typically, at Mass just before the epistle and at vespers. It occurs correspondingly in the Anglican and Lutheran liturgies. Many collects are very ancient, especially those of the Sundays and major feasts. |
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"collect." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "collect." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-collect.html "collect." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-collect.html |
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collect in church use, a short prayer, especially one assigned to a particular day or season. The word is recorded from Middle English, and comes via Old French from Latin collecta ‘gathering’, feminine past participle of colligere ‘gather together’.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "collect." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "collect." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-collect.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "collect." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-collect.html |
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collect 1 (liturg.) short prayer, varying with the day or season. XIII. — (O)F. collecte — L. collēcta collection, (late) assembly, sb. use of fem. pp. of colligere COLLECT 2.
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T. F. HOAD. "collect." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "collect." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-collect.html T. F. HOAD. "collect." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-collect.html |
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Collecta meeting for worship; an assembly; a collection; a gathering. Examples: collect of money; of Tuscan hieroglyphics, 1651. |
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"Collect." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Collect." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300346.html "Collect." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300346.html |
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Collect. A short variable prayer used in W. Christian worship.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Collect." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Collect." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Collect.html JOHN BOWKER. "Collect." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Collect.html |
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•play-act • autodidact
•artefact (US artifact) • cataract
•contact
•marked, unremarked
•Wehrmacht
•affect, bisect, bull-necked, collect, confect, connect, correct, defect, deflect, deject, detect, direct, effect, eject, elect, erect, expect, infect, inflect, inject, inspect, interconnect, interject, intersect, misdirect, neglect, object, perfect, project, prospect, protect, reflect, reject, respect, resurrect, sect, select, subject, suspect, transect, unchecked, Utrecht
•prefect • abject • retroject • intellect
•genuflect • idiolect • dialect • aspect
•circumspect • retrospect • Dordrecht
•vivisect • architect • unbaked
•sun-baked
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"collect." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "collect." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-collect.html "collect." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-collect.html |
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