collect1

[kuh-lekt] /kəˈlɛkt/
verb (used with object)
1.
to gather together; assemble:
The professor collected the students' exams.
2.
to accumulate; make a collection of:
to collect stamps.
3.
to receive or compel payment of:
to collect a bill.
4.
to regain control of (oneself or one's thoughts, faculties, composure, or the like):
At the news of her promotion, she took a few minutes to collect herself.
5.
to call for and take with one:
He drove off to collect his guests. They collected their mail.
6.
Manège. to bring (a horse) into a collected attitude.
7.
Archaic. to infer.
verb (used without object)
8.
to gather together; assemble:
The students collected in the assembly hall.
9.
to accumulate:
Rain water collected in the barrel.
10.
to receive payment (often followed by on):
He collected on the damage to his house.
11.
to gather or bring together books, stamps, coins, etc., usually as a hobby:
He's been collecting for years.
12.
Manège. (of a horse) to come into a collected attitude.
adjective, adverb
13.
requiring payment by the recipient:
a collect telephone call; a telegram sent collect.
Origin
1375-1425; late Middle English < Latin collēctus (past participle of colligere to collect), equivalent to col- col-1 + leg- (stem of legere to gather) + -tus past participle suffix
Synonyms
1. See gather. 1, 2. amass, aggregate. 4. compose, calm.
Antonyms
1. broadcast. 2. distribute.

collect2

[kol-ekt] /ˈkɒl ɛkt/
noun
1.
any of certain brief prayers used in Western churches especially before the epistle in the communion service.
Origin
1150-1200; Middle English collecte < Medieval Latin, short for ōrātiō ad collēctam prayer at collection (see collect1)
Examples from the web for collect
  • Anybody could run wires to a few hundred houses, beam programmes and collect money.
  • The better you dance, the more money you'll collect from your patrons.
  • The functionaries who collect and spend money are not office-holders, but public-servants.
  • If you collect doodads, you'll be given more money with which to upgrade your units.
  • Beneficiaries collect their money from the bank through electronic cards.
  • She ventured into the poker room to collect her friend, who was losing money.
  • Remember, the court cannot collect the money for you.
  • Roofs collect a lot of nitrogen from contaminants in the air.
  • But a group of the traditional snake rustlers has formed a cooperative to collect venom and protect their way of life.
  • He's old enough to collect social security, yet he appears stronger and more hip than ever.
British Dictionary definitions for collect

collect1

/kəˈlɛkt/
verb
1.
to gather together or be gathered together
2.
to accumulate (stamps, books, etc) as a hobby or for study
3.
(transitive) to call for or receive payment of (taxes, dues, etc)
4.
(transitive) to regain control of (oneself, one's emotions, etc) as after a shock or surprise: he collected his wits
5.
(transitive) to fetch; pick up: collect your own post, he collected the children after school
6.
(slang) (intransitive) sometimes foll by on. to receive large sums of money, as from an investment: he really collected when the will was read
7.
(transitive) (Austral & NZ, informal) to collide with; be hit by
8.
collect on delivery, the US term for cash on delivery
adverb, adjective
9.
(US) (of telephone calls) on a reverse-charge basis
noun
10.
(Austral, informal) a winning bet
Word Origin
C16: from Latin collēctus collected, from colligere to gather together, from com- together + legere to gather

collect2

/ˈkɒlɛkt/
noun
1.
(Christianity) a short Church prayer generally preceding the lesson or epistle in Communion and other services
Word Origin
C13: from Medieval Latin collecta (from the phrase ōrātiō ad collēctam prayer at the (people's) assembly), from Latin colligere to collect1
Word Origin and History for collect
v.

early 15c. (transitive), from Old French collecter "to collect" (late 14c.), from Latin collectus, past participle of colligere "gather together," from com- "together" (see com-) + legere "to gather" (see lecture (n.)). The intransitive sense is attested from 1794. Related: Collected; collecting. As an adjective meaning "paid by the recipient" it is attested from 1893, originally with reference to telegrams.