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3 definitions found 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Collected \Col*lect"ed\, a. 1. Gathered together. 2. Self-possessed; calm; composed. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: collected adj 1: brought together into a group or crowd; "the accumulated letters in my office" [syn: {accumulated}, {amassed}, {assembled}, {congregate}, {massed}] 2: in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble" [syn: {equanimous}, {poised}, {self-collected}, {self-contained}, {self-possessed}]
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