Definition
• | To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering. |
• | To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes. |
• | To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises. |
• | To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks. |
• | To infer; to conclude. |
• | A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy. |