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Collect
The collect ( KOL-ekt) is a short general prayer of a particular structure used in Christian liturgy.
Collects appear in the liturgies of Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Methodist, Lutheran, and Presbyterian churches, among others (in those of eastern Christianity the Greek term [déesis] synapté is often used instead of the Latin term [oratio] collecta, both having the same meaning).
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Gather (verb)
To collect; normally separate things.
“I’ve been gathering ideas from the people I work with.”
“She bent down to gather the reluctant cat from beneath the chair.”
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Gather (verb)
Especially, to harvest food.
“We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane.”
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Gather (verb)
To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
“Over the years he’d gathered a considerable collection of mugs.”
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Gather (verb)
To congregate, or assemble.
“People gathered round as he began to tell his story.”
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Gather (verb)
To bring parts of a whole closer.
“She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.”
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Gather (verb)
To grow gradually larger by accretion.
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Gather (verb)
To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.
“A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped.”
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Gather (verb)
To bring stitches closer together.
“Be careful not to stretch or gather your knitting.”
“If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline.”
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Gather (verb)
To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
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Gather (verb)
To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
“From his silence, I gathered that things had not gone well.”
“I gather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match.”
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Gather (verb)
To be filled with pus
“Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst.”
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Gather (verb)
To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
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Gather (verb)
To gain; to win.
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Gather (noun)
A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
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Gather (noun)
The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
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Gather (noun)
The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
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Gather (noun)
A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
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Gather (noun)
A gathering.
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Collect (verb)
To gather together; amass.
“Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.”
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Collect (verb)
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.”
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Collect (verb)
To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
“John Henry collects stamps.”
“I don’t think he collects as much as hoards.”
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Collect (verb)
To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
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Collect (verb)
To collect payments.
“He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made.”
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Collect (verb)
To come together in a group or mass.
“The rain collected in puddles.”
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Collect (verb)
To infer; to conclude.
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Collect (verb)
To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).
“The truck veered across the central reservation and collected a car that was travelling in the opposite direction.”
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Collect (adjective)
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.”
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Collect (adverb)
With payment due from the recipient.
“I had to call collect.”
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Collect (noun)
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.”
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Gather (verb)
come together; assemble or accumulate
“as soon as a crowd gathered, the police came”
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Gather (verb)
bring together and take in from scattered places or sources
“information that we have gathered about people”
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Gather (verb)
pick something up
“I gathered up the prescription and went to the door”
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Gather (verb)
harvest grain or other crops
“the harvest of wheat and barley had been gathered in”
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Gather (verb)
collect plants, fruits, etc., for food
“the Bushmen live by hunting and gathering”
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Gather (verb)
pull (someone) into one’s arms
“she gathered the child in her arms”
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Gather (verb)
increase in (speed, force, etc.)
“the destroyer gathered speed”
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Gather (verb)
infer; understand
“I gathered that they were old friends”
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Gather (verb)
summon up (a mental or physical attribute) for a purpose
“she lay gathering her thoughts together”
“he gathered himself for a tremendous leap”
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Gather (verb)
gain or recover (one’s breath)
“she paused to gather her breath and leaned against the wall puffing”
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Gather (verb)
draw and hold together (fabric or a part of a garment) by running thread through it
“the front is gathered at the waist”
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Gather (noun)
a part of a garment that is gathered.
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Collect (verb)
bring or gather together (a number of things)
“he went round the office collecting old coffee cups”
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Collect (verb)
come together and form a group
“a small crowd collected at the back door”
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Collect (verb)
systematically seek and acquire (items of a particular kind) as a hobby
“I’ve started collecting stamps”
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Collect (verb)
accumulate over a period of time
“collect rainwater to use on the garden”
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Collect (verb)
call for and take away; fetch
“the children were collected from school”
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Collect (verb)
call for and obtain (payments) from a number of people
“he collected their rent each week”
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Collect (verb)
go somewhere and receive (something) as a right or award
“she came to Oxford to collect her honorary degree”
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Collect (verb)
ask for and receive (charitable donations)
“they were collecting money for the war effort”
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Collect (verb)
regain control of oneself, typically after a shock
“he paused for a moment to take a breath, to collect himself”
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Collect (verb)
concentrate (one’s thoughts)
“she returned to her room to collect her thoughts”
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Collect (verb)
conclude; infer
“by all best conjectures, I collect Thou art to be my fatal enemy”
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Collect (verb)
cause (a horse) to bring its hind legs further forward as it moves
“a rider should want to be able to collect a horse when hacking”
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Collect (verb)
collide with
“he lost control of the truck and collected two cats”
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Collect (adverb)
(with reference to a telephone call) to be paid for by the person receiving it
“I called my mother collect”
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Collect (adjective)
(with reference to a telephone call) to be paid for by the person receiving it
“I called my mother collect”
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Collect (noun)
a winning bet.
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Collect (noun)
(in church use) a short prayer, especially one assigned to a particular day or season.