Thesaurus: collect

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1. v. t. To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.
2. v. t. To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.
3. v. t. To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
4. v. i. To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.
5. v. i. To infer; to conclude.
6. v. t. A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.
7. adj. payable by the recipient on delivery
8. n. a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
9. adv. make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
10. v. get or gather together
11. v. call for and obtain payment of
12. v. assemble or get together