(v. t.) To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring
together; to obtain by gathering.
(v. t.) To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or
other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.
(v. t.) To infer from observed facts; to conclude from
premises.
(v. i.) To assemble together; as, the people collected in a
crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.
(v. i.) To infer; to conclude.
(v. t.) A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular
day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.
