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Look up: collect

  1. collect
    [adj] - payment due by the recipient on delivery 2. [adv] - make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays 3. [n] - a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England 4. [v] - gather or collect 5. [v] - get or gathe...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. collect
    a call for which the caller,when requesting the call,specifies that he wishes the charge to be paid by the called party Category: News-systems and communications • instructions for the collection of charges Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Collect
    From the Latin word collecta, meaning 'assembly.' The word is normally used to refer to the prayer near the beginning of the Eucharist that precedes the lessons.
    Found on http://www.stpeter.dircon.co.uk/pages/gl

  4. Collect
    Col·lect' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Collected ; present participle & verbal noun Collecting .] [ Latin collecrus , past participle of <...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/109

  5. Collect
    Col·lect' intransitive verb 1. To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks. 2. To infer; to conclude. [ Archaic] « Whence some collect that the forme...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/109

  6. Collect
    Col'lect noun [ Late Latin collecta , from Latin collecta a collection in money; an assemblage, from collerige : confer French collecte . See Collect , transitive verb ] A short, comprehensive ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/109

  7. collect
    cod adjective payable by the recipient on delivery; `a collect call`; `the letter came collect`; `a COD parcel`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. collect
    adverb make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays; `call collect`; `send a package collect`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. collect
    noun a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. collect
    call for verb gather or collect; `You can get the results on Monday`; `She picked up the children at the day care center`; `They pick up our trash twice a week`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. collect
    accumulate verb get or gather together; `I am accumulating evidence for the man`s unfaithfulness to his wife`; `She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis`; `She rolled up a small fortune`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. Collect
    • (v. t.) A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy. • (v. i.) To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks. • (v. i.) To infer; to conclude. • (v. t.) ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. collect
    collect 1. To gather things and to bring them together. 2. To gain or regain control of oneself and to deliberately calm oneself. 3. Etymology: directly or via French from medieval Latin collectare, from Latin collect-, past participle stem of colligere; literally, “to gather together”, from leg...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  14. Collect
    In Christian liturgy, a collect (stressed on the first syllable: ˈkɒlɛkt, {USdict|kol′·ekt}) is both a liturgical action and a short, general prayer. In the Middle Ages, the prayer was referred to in Latin as collectio, but in the more ancient sources, as oratio. Collects appear in the liturg...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collect

  15. Collect
    Collect is slang for to receive large sums of money, as from an investment.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  16. Collect
    Collect is slang for to receive large sums of money, as from an investment.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  17. collect
    collect (kol'ekt) [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 l...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  18. Collect
    To coordinate the horse's moving forward with impulsion while shortening the frame for slow motion
    Found on http://www.gaitedhorses.net/Articles/Hor



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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