1. Verb
To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.
2. Verb
To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.
3. Verb
To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
4. Verb
To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.
5. Verb
To infer; to conclude.
6. Verb
A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.
7. Verb
assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
Vocabulary classified under Sociology
8. Noun
a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
Vocabulary classified under Linguistics
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