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collect

/kəˈlɛkt/ · verb

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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