COLLECT

Collect

The collect is a short general prayer of a particular structure used in Christian liturgy.

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collect

Noun
  1. The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.
    He used the day's collect as the basis of his sermon.

Verb

  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 , .)
  5. To collect payments.
  6. To come together in a group or mass.
  7. To collect objects as a hobby.
  8. To infer; to conclude.

Adjective

  1. To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.
    It was to be a collect delivery, but no-one was available to pay.

Adverb

  1. With payment due from the recipient.
    I had to call collect.


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