collect
/kəˈlɛkt/ · verb
Meaning
- To gather together; amass.
- To get; particularly, get from someone.
- To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
- To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
- (often with on or against) To collect payments.
- To come together in a group or mass.
- To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.
- With payment due from the recipient.
- The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.
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