Definition of collect

• 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.