collecteth

Verb

collect (third-person singular simple present collects, present participle collecting, simple past and past participle collected)

1. (transitive) To gather together; amass.
   • Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.

   Synonyms:

   aggregate

2. (transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone.
   • A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan. A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house.

   Synonyms:

   receive

3. (transitive) To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
   • John Henry collects stamps.

   Synonyms:

   amound

4. (transitive) To pick up or fetch
   • Can you collect me from the airport?
5. (archaic, transitive) To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
   • […] which consequence, I conceive, is very ill collected.1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book II, Chapter XVII, section 20
6. (intransitive, often with on or against) To collect payments.
   • He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made.

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