Collect Col·lect" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Collected ;
present participle & verbal noun Collecting .] [ Latin
collecrus ,
past participle of
collerige to bind together;
col- +
legere to gather: confer Old French
collecter . See
Legend , and confer
Coil ,
transitive verb ,
Cull ,
transitive verb ]
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.
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 former word imports a plurality of persons.
South.
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 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.
Macaulay.
Collectanea Col`lec·ta"ne·a noun plural [ Neut. plural from Latin
collectaneus collected, from
colligere . See
Collect ,
transitive verb ]
Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology.
Collected Col·lect"ed adjective 1. Gathered together. 2. Self-possessed; calm; composed.
Collectedly Col·lect"ed·ly adverb Composedly; coolly.
Collectedness Col·lect"ed·ness noun A collected state of the mind; self-possession.
Collectible Col·lect"i·ble adjective Capable of being collected.
Collection Col·lec"tion noun [ Latin
collectio : confer French
collection .]
1. The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens. 2. That which is collected ; as:
(a) A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons. "A
collection of letters."
Macaulay. (b) A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings. "The
collection for the saints."
1 Cor. xvi. 1 (c) (
Usually in pl .)
That which is obtained in payment of demands. (d) An accumulation of any substance. "
Collections of moisture."
Whewell. "A purulent
collection ."
Dunglison. 3. The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred. [ Obsolete]
We may safely say thus, that wrong collections have been hitherto made out of those words by modern divines.
Milton.
4. The jurisdiction of a collector of excise. [ Eng.]
Syn. -- Gathering; assembly; assemblage; group; crowd; congregation; mass; heap; compilation.
Collectional Col·lec"tion·al (-
a l)
adjective Of or pertaining to collecting. The first twenty-five [ years] must have been wasted for collectional purposes.
H. A. Merewether.
Collective Col·lect"ive adjective [ Latin
collectivus : confer French
collectif .]
1. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation. Bp. Hoadley. 2. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring. [ Obsolete] "Critical and
collective reason."
Sir T. Browne. 3. (Gram.) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly , army , jury , etc. 4. Tending to collect; forming a collection. Local is his throne . . . to fix a point,
A central point, collective of his sons.
Young.
5. Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note. Collective fruit (Botany) ,
that which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; -- called also multiple fruit . Gray.
Collective Col·lect"ive noun (Gram.) A collective noun or name.
Collectively Col·lect"ive·ly adverb In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.
Collectiveness Col·lect"ive·ness noun A state of union; mass.
Collectivism Col·lect"iv·ism noun [ Confer French
collectivisme .]
(Polit. Econ.) The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism. W. G. Summer.
Collectivist Col·lect"iv·ist noun [ Confer French
collectiviste .]
An advocate of collectivism. --
adjective Relating to, or characteristic of, collectivism.
Collectivity Col`lec·tiv"i·ty noun 1. Quality or state of being collective. 2. The collective sum. aggregate, or mass of anything; specif., the people as a body; the state. The proposition to give work by the collectivity is supposed to be in contravention of the sacred principle of monopolistic competition.
W. D. Howells. 3. (Polit. Econ.) Collectivism.
Collector Col·lect"or noun [ Late Latin
collector one who collects: confer French
collecteur .]
1. One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins. I digress into Soho to explore a bookstall. Methinks I have been thirty years a collector .
Lamb.
2. A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book. Volumes without the collector's own reflections.
Addison.
3. (Com.) An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll. A great part of this is now embezzled . . . by collectors , and other officers.
Sir W. Temple.
4. One authorized to collect debts. 5. A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent. Todd.
Collectorate Col·lect"or·ate noun The district of a collector of customs; a collectorship.
Collectorship Col·lect"or·ship noun The office of a collector of customs or of taxes.
Colleen Col·leen" noun [ Ir.
cailin .]
A girl; a maiden. [ Anglo-Irish]
Of all the colleens in the land
Sweet Mollie is the daisy.
The Century.
Collegatary Col·leg"a·ta·ry noun [ Latin
collegetarius . See
Legatary .]
(Law) A joint legatee.
College Col"lege noun [ French
collège , Latin
collegium , from
collega colleague. See
Colleague .]
1. A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops. The college of the cardinals.
Shak.
Then they made colleges of sufferers; persons who, to secure their inheritance in the world to come, did cut off all their portion in this.
Jer. Taylor.
2. A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American colleges . » In France and some other parts of continental Europe,
college is used to include schools occupied with rudimentary studies, and receiving children as pupils.
3. A building, or number of buildings, used by a college. "The gate of Trinity
College ."
Macaulay. 4. Fig.: A community. [ R.]
Thick as the college of the bees in May.
Dryden.
College of justice ,
a term applied in Scotland to the supreme civil courts and their principal officers. --
The sacred college ,
the college or cardinals at Rome.
Collegial Col·le"gi·al noun [ Late Latin
collegialis .]
Collegiate. [ R.]
Collegian Col·le"gi·an noun A member of a college, particularly of a literary institution so called; a student in a college.
Collegiate Col·le"gi·ate adjective [ Latin
collegiatus .]
Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society. Johnson. Collegiate church .
(a) A church which, although not a bishop's seat, resembles a cathedral in having a college , or chapter of canons (and, in the Church of England, a dean), as Westminster Abbey. (b) An association of churches, possessing common revenues and administered under the joint pastorate of several ministers; as, the Reformed (Dutch) Collegiate Church of New York.
Collegiate Col·le"gi·ate noun A member of a college. Burton.
Collembola Col·lem"bo·la noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek
ko`lla glue +
'e`mbolon wedge, peg; -- so called from their having collophores.]
(Zoology) The division of Thysanura which includes Podura , and allied forms.
Collenchyma Col·len"chy·ma noun [ New Latin , from Greek
ko`lla glue + ... an infusion. Formed like
parenchyma .]
(Botany) A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.
Collet Col"let noun [ French
collet , dim. from Latin
collum neck. See
Collar .]
1. A small collar or neckband. Foxe. 2. (Mech.) A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as, the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem, for holding a drill. 3. (Jewelry) (a) The part of a ring containing the bezel in which the stone is set. (b) The flat table at the base of a brilliant. See Illust. of Brilliant . How full the collet with his jewel is!
Cowley.
Colleterial Col`le·te"ri·al adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the colleterium of insects. R. Owen.
Colleterium Col`le·te"ri·um noun [ New Latin See
Colletic .]
(Zoology) An organ of female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.
Colletic Col·let"ic adjective [ Latin
colleticus suitable for gluing, Greek ..., from ... to glue,
ko`lla glue.]
Agglutinant. --
noun An agglutinant.
Colley Col"ley noun See Collie .
Collide Col·lide" intransitive verb [ Latin
collidere ,
collisum ;
col- +
laedere to strike. See
Lesion .]
To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided ; their interests collided . Across this space the attraction urges them. They collide , they recoil, they oscillate.
Tyndall.
No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding .
Carlyle.
Collide Col·lide" transitive verb To strike or dash against. [ Obsolete]
Scintillations are . . . inflammable effluencies from the bodies collided .
Sir T. Browne.
Collidine Col"li·dine noun [ Greek
ko`lla glue.]
(Chemistry) One of a class of organic bases, C 8 H 11 N, usually pungent oily liquids, belonging to the pyridine series, and obtained from bone oil, coal tar, naphtha, and certain alkaloids.
Collie Col"lie noun [ Gael.
cuilean whelp, puppy, dog.]
(Zoology) The Scotch shepherd dog. There are two breeds, the rough-haired and smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligence, displayed especially in caring for flocks. [ Written also
colly ,
colley .]
Collied Col"lied p. & adjective Darkened. See Colly , transitive verb
Collier Col"lier noun [ Middle English
colier . See
Coal .]
1. One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal. 2. A vessel employed in the coal trade.
Colliery Col"lier·y noun ;
plural Collieries . [ Confer
Coalery ,
Collier .]
1. The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it. 2. The coal trade. [ Obsolete]
Johnson.
Colliflower Col"li·flow`er noun See Cauliflower .
Colligate Col"li·gate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Colligated ;
present participle & verbal noun Colligating .] [ Latin
colligatus , past participle of
colligare to collect;
co- +
ligare to bind.]
1. To tie or bind together. The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows.
Nicholson.
2. (Logic) To bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition. He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful . . . phenomena.
Tundall.
Colligate Col"li·gate adjective Bound together.
Colligation Col`li·ga"tion noun [ Latin
colligatio .]
1. A binding together. Sir T. Browne. 2. (Logic) That process by which a number of isolated facts are brought under one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as when Kepler discovered that the various observed positions of the planet Mars were points in an ellipse. "The
colligation of facts."
Whewell. Colligation is not always induction, but induction is always colligation .
J. S. Mill.
Collimate Col"li·mate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Collimated ;
past participle & verbal noun Collimating .] [ See
Collimation .]
(Physics & Astron.) To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, as rays of light. Collimating eyepiece ,
an eyepiece with a diagonal reflector for illumination, used to determine the error of collimation in a transit instrument by observing the image of a cross wire reflected from mercury, and comparing its position in the field with that of the same wire seen directly. --
Collimating lens (Optics) ,
a lens used for producing parallel rays of light.
Collimation Col`li·ma"tion noun [ Confer French
collimation , from a false reading (
collimare ) for Latin
collineare to direct in a straight line;
col- + linea line. Confer
Collineation .]
The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument. Error of collimation ,
the deviation of the line collimation of an astronomical instrument from the position it ought to have with respect to the axis of motion of the instrument. --
Line of collimation ,
the axial line of the telescope of an astronomical or geodetic instrument, or the line which passes through the optical center of the object glass and the intersection of the cross wires at its focus.
Collimator Col"li·ma`tor noun 1. (Astron.) A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal. Nichol. 2. (Optics) A tube having a convex lens at one end and at the other a small opening or slit which is at the principal focus of the lens, used for producing a beam of parallel rays; also, a lens so used.
Collin Col"lin noun [ Greek
ko`lla glue.]
A very pure form of gelatin.
Colline Col"line noun [ French
colline , from Latin
collis a hill.]
A small hill or mount. [ Obsolete]
And watered park, full of fine collines and ponds.
Evelyn.
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