Collect (k&obreve_;ll&ebreve_;kt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collected; p. pr. & vb. n. Collecting.] [L. collecrus, p. p. of collerige to bind together; col- + legere to gather: cf. OF. collecter. See Legend, and cf. Coil, v. t., Cull, v. t.] 1. To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.
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A band of men
Collected choicely from each country. Shak.
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'Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by preserving what our labor and industry daily collect. Watts.
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2. To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.
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3. To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises. [Archaic.] Shak.
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Which sequence, I conceive, is very ill collected. Locke.
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To collect one's self, to recover from surprise, embarrassment, or fear; to regain self-control.

Syn. -- To gather; assemble; congregate; muster; accumulate; garner; aggregate; amass; infer; deduce.
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Collect, n. [LL. collecta, fr. L. collecta a collection in money; an assemblage, fr. collerige: cf. F. collecte. See Collect, v. t.] A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.
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The noble poem on the massacres of Piedmont is strictly a collect in verse. Macaulay.
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