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[Noun] | "col*lect" | \ ˈkä-likt \
1: a short prayer comprising an invocation, petition, and conclusion; specifically, often capitalized : one preceding the eucharistic Epistle and varying with the day
2: collection
Origin: 13th century ;
Middle English collecte, collet, borrowed from Anglo-French collecte, borrowed from Medieval Latin collēcta, perhaps going back to Late Latin, in sense "gathering place, assembly" (assuming the original reference was to ōrātiō ad collēctam, a prayer recited at the congregation's gathering place), going back to Latin, feminine of collēctus, past participle of colligere "to gather together, assemble, accumulate" {mat|collect:2|};
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[Verb] | "col*lect" | \ kə-ˈlekt \
1: to bring together into one body or place
2: to gather or exact from a number of persons or sources
3: to gather an accumulation of (objects) especially as a hobby
Origin: 1563 ;
Middle English collecten "to accumulate, infer, calculate," borrowed from Anglo-French collecter, borrowed from Latin collēctus, past participle of colligere "to gather together, assemble, accumulate, pull (oneself) together," from col-, assimilated variant of com- {see: |com-|com-} + legere "to gather by picking or plucking, select, choose" {mat|legend|};
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[Verb] | "re-col*lect" | \ ˌrē-kə-ˈlekt \
1: to collect again; especially : rally, recover
Origin: 1604 ;
Partly from Latin recollectus, past participle of recolligere, from re- + colligere to collect; partly from re- + collect;
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[Adverb or adjective] | "col*lect" | \ kə-ˈlekt \
1: to be paid for by the receiver
Origin: 1893 ;
Derivative of {see: |collect:2|collect:2};
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[Phrasal verb] | "collect up"
1: to gather (things) together
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[Verb] | "collect"
1: to gain emotional or mental control of;
* e.g., " ... applicants should collect their thoughts while waiting to be interviewed "
2: to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass;
* e.g., " ... dust has been collecting under my bed for years "
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3: to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list;
* e.g., " ... collected the author's early short stories, which were originally published in several obscure sci-fi magazines "
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[Verb] | "re-collect"
1: to gain emotional or mental control of;
* e.g., " ... she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery "
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# 1 - { collect:879655 }
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[ "collect" ]
1: What one must often do.
* e.g., ... The Grim Reaper: "Collect!"
[ "collect" ]
2: Note: "One" never refers to the first party. The user of this verb must be commanding another to do so.
* e.g., ... Charl: "But I--"
# 2 - { Collectic:5735159 }
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[ "Collectic" ]
1: 1: a new style of decorating which embraces one's eclectic, personal treasures by combining them with other items with divergent styles;
* e.g., ... Her home's decorating style can best be described as collectic.
[ "Collectic" ]
2: 2: designed without the conventional rules espoused by decorators, i.e., matching traditional with traditional, coordinating curtains with upholstery fabrics, etc.
# 3 - { Collective:15488528 }
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[ "Collective" ]
1: Just as a group of crows is a murder, a group of sheep is a herd...
A group of assholes is a collective
* e.g., ... "Julianne raised 5 boys and yet somehow they ended up just being a collective."
"How can those boys be so mean, mom?"
"It's just what happens when there's a collective sweetie."
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[ "collection" ]
1: a valuable group of collected items placed together (as in media, books, stamps or other interesting crap
* e.g., ... I've got a collection of DVDs
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[ "Collect" ]
1: What a dealer must do to obtain payment from his customers who buy 'on tick'.
* e.g., ... I need to go collect from those mother fuckers on the other side of town! They owe big money.
# 6 - { collective:7579078 }
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[ "collective" ]
1: A word used to describe the unthinking hive-mind of Leftist drones.
A pretentious synonym for club.
* e.g., ... Drones have been assigned their talking point orders from the Collective today, and will be parroting them throughout the weeks to come.
My grandmother belongs to a knitting collective.
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[ "collective" ]
1: Stalinoid or Bolshevik for "group." Reeks with self-importance and in-groupiness.
* e.g., ... They used to go out drinking. I suppose they called themselves the "Beer Collective."
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[ "collectibles" ]
1: A horrible waste of money, better spent on buying a house, car, or investing.
* e.g., ... Even though, the poor soul lived in a crappy-assed area, he continued to buy collectibles instead of considering his future.
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[ "collective" ]
1: The worst of memes on iFunny
* e.g., ... Guy 1: Yesterday I read through all of collective !
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[ "collectible" ]
1: A term meaning "good" or "amazing". It can also be as a way to show acceptance, or likeing.
* e.g., ... Ex.1: Those people giving out free stuff are collectible.
[ "collectible" ]
2: Also meaning the opposite of the term "Overweight, or "Obeease".
* e.g., ... Ex.2: Dude, Those naked chicks are Collectible!
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