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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Collect \Col*lect"\, 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.
A band of men Collected choicely from each country.
--Shak.
'Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by
preserving what our labor and industry daily
collect. --Watts.
2. To demand and obtain payment of as an account, or other
indebtedness; as to collect taxes.
3. To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
[Archaic.] --Shak.
Which sequence, I conceive, is very ill collected.
--Locke.
{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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
collecting
n : the act of gathering something together [syn: {collection},
{assembling}]
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