1. verb /ˈkɑlɪkt,kəˈlɛkt/
Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.
A bank collects a monthly payment on a clients new car loan.
2. noun /ˈkɑlɪkt,kəˈlɛkt/
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 days collect as the basis of his sermon.
See Also: call collect, collect ones thoughts, collect ones wits, collectible, collection, collector
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