collation 
The convention, after dissolving Itself, partook of a mod- 
est collation in the senate chamber. 
Bancroft, Hist. Const, II. 273. 
9f. The act of conferring or bestowing; a 
gift. 
The baptism of John . . . was not a direct instrument 
of the Spirit for the collation of grace. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 95. 
Neither are we to give thanks alone for the collation of 
these benefits. Hay, Works of Creation. 
10. In canon law, the presentation of a clergy- 
man to a benefice by a bishop, who is the or- 
dinary of the benefice, and who at the same 
time has the benefice in his own gift or patron- 
age, or by neglect of the patron has acquired 
the patron's rights. When the patron of a chnn li 
is not a bishop, he present* his clerk for admission, an>l 
the bishop Institute* him ; but If the bishop of the diocese 
is the patron, his presentation and institution are one act, 
and are called collation. 
11. In civil and Scots late, the real or supposed 
return of a former advancement to the mass of 
a decedent's property, made by one heir, that 
the property may be equitably divided among 
all the heirs ; hotch-pot. 
The application of the principle of collation to descen- 
dants generally, so that they were l>ound to throw Into the 
mass of the succession before its partition every advance 
they had received from their parent in anticipation of 
their shares. Encyc. Brit., XX. 714. 
Collation of goods, in civil law. See def. 11. Collation 
Of rights, that species of service which the judge renders 
to any person by putting him in possession of a certain 
right. J. S. Mill. Collation of seals, one seal set on 
the reverse of another, on the same label. Wharton. 
collation! (ko-la'shqn), v. i. [< collation, n., 8.] 
To partake of a ligh't repast. 
I went to see a coach-race in Hide Park, and collation'd 
In Spring Garden. Evelyn, Memoirs, May 20, 1658. 
collationer (ko-la'shon-er), n. [< collation + 
-eri.] 1. A collator"of the printed sheets of 
books. [Rare.] 2. One who partakes of a 
collation or repast. [Rare.] 
We, meanwhile, untitled attendant*, stood at the other 
end of the room, forming a semicircle, and all strictly 
facing the royal collatumeri. 
time. D'Arblay, Diary, III. 99. 
collatitioust (kol-a-tish'us), a. [< L. collati- 
tins, more correctly collaticius, < collatus, pp. 
of conferre, collate : see collate.'] Contribut- 
ed; brought together; performed by contribu- 
tion. 
Other men's collatitioia liberality. 
Bp. Uacket, Abp. Williams, 1. 46. 
COllative (ko-la'tiv), . [= F. collatif= Sp. co- 
lativo = Pg. collativo, < L. collativus, brought 
together, combined, < collatus, pp. of conferre, 
collate: see collate."] If. Conferring or bestow- 
ing. 
Institutive or collative of power. Barrowt. 
2. Collating. 3. Eccles., presented by colla- 
tion: applied to advowsons or livings of which 
the bishop and patron are the same person. 
Collative act, in loffic, the act of joining premises and 
thence deducing a conclusion ; the act of comparing a 
thing with itself or with something else. (A Scotlst term. ] 
collator (ko-la'tor), . [< L. collator, a com- 
parer, contributor, etc., ? collatus, pp. of con- 
ferre, collate: see collate.'] One who collates 
or makes a collation, (a) One who compare* manu- 
scripts or editions of books, (b) In bookbinding, a person 
who collates the printed sheets of liooks. (c) One who col- 
lates to a benefice, (dt) One who confers any benefit or be- 
stows a gift of any kind. 
Well-placed benefits redound to the collator's honour. 
Feltham, Resolves, II. 16. 
collaudt (ko-lad'), v. t. [< L. collaudare, con- 
laudare, < com-, together, + laudare, praise : see 
linn/.} To unite in praising. 
Beast* wild and tame . . . 
Collaud his name. Sowcll, Letters. 
collaudationt (kol-a-da'shon), n. [< L. collau- 
datio(n-), < collaudare, pp. collaudatus: see col- 
laud.] Joint or combined laudation, encomium, 
or flattery. 
The rhetorical collaudations, with the honourable epi- 
thets given to their persons. Jer. Taylor. 
colleague (kol'eg), n. [< F. collegue, now col- 
legue = Sp. colega = Pg. It. collega, < L. colle- 
ga, conlega, a partner in office, < com-, with, + 
legare, send on an embassy: see legate."] An 
associate in office, professional employment, or 
special labor, as in a commission: not properly 
used of partners in business. =syn. Friend, Com- 
panion, etc. See associate. 
colleague (ko-leg'), v. i.; pret. and pp. col- 
leagued, ppr. colleaguing. [C colleague, n.] To 
cooperate in the same office, or for a common 
end; combine. 
Collcayued with the dream of his advantage. 
Ska*., Hamlet, L 2. 
1101 
colleagueship (kol'eg-ship), n. [< colleague + 
-sltiji.J The state of being a colleague. 
colleckt, . See collock. 
collect (ko-lekf), v. [< OF. collecter, F. col- 
lecter = Sp. colectar = Pg. collector = It. cnl- 
lettare, < ML. collectare, collect money, < L. 
collecla, a collection in money, (LL. ) a meeting, 
assemblage, (ML.) a tax, also an assembly for 
prayer, a prayer (see collect, n.), prop. fern, of 
collectus, pp. of colligere, conligere (> F. col- 
ligcr = Pg. colligar), gather together, collect, 
consider, conclude, infer, < com-, together, + 
legere, gather: see legend. From L. co//i;/'" 
come also E. coil 1 and cull 1 .] I. trans. 1. To 
gather into one place or group; assemble or 
bring together; make a combination, group, 
or collection of; gather: as, to collect facts or 
evidence ; to collect curiosities or rare books. 
A passion for collecting book* Is not always a passion for 
literature. /. D'ltraeli, Curios, of IJt., I. .',7. 
2. To receive or compel payment of; bring to 
a settlement: as, to collect a bill. 3. To as- 
certain or infer from observation or informa- 
tion ; infer. [Now rare.] 
The reverent care I bear unto my lord 
Made me collect these danger* In the duke. 
Slink., 2 Hen. VL, 111. 1. 
Which sequence, I conceive, I* very 111 collected. Locke. 
We may collect the excellency of the understanding then, 
by the glorious remainders of it now, and g^es* at the 
stateliness of the building by the magnificence of its ruins. 
Sonth, in Whlpple's Ess. and Rev., II. 81. 
To collect one's self, to recover from surprise or a dis- 
concerted state ; regain command over one's scattered 
thought* or emotion*. 
collective 
collectarium (kol-ek-tii'ri-um), n.; pi. collec- 
tnfin(-H). [Ml.., <('.,//,,/<;.- s.-i- raited, II. Cf. 
ri>llii-taiit'i.\ In medieval use, it separate litur- 
gical book containing the collects, which are 
now included in the Missal and the Book of 
Common Prayer. 
In the name illumination Hi" original Illumination in 
the Hook of Mount] the >onn^ i 1. i k (probably an acolyte) 
who I* seen to the right, t. i holding up 
tii" Mhop a coltectnntiiH, out of wliirh th;il prelate is 
lillgillK tile ei.lleet, l vented ill II Kll'llcii alb, the Heck of 
whicli Is worked like the canons' surpllcea. 
Hoclc, church of our Father*, L 439, note. 
collected (ko-lok'ted), . a. [Pp. of collect, t.] 
Having control of one's mental faculties ; not 
disconcerted; firm; prepared; self-possessed; 
composed : as, to be quite collected in the midst 
of danger. 
The jury shall lie ijulte lurprUed. 
The prisoner quite collected. 
rraed. On the Year 1828. 
The expreulon (of the Norwegian men) wa* sensible and 
collected, but with nothing about it specially adventurous 
or daring. Prmute, Sketche*, p. 81. 
-Syn. Cool, Coinpotcd, etc. Seera/wii. 
collectedly (ko-lek'ted-H),adr. 1. Inoneview; 
together; collectively. Dr. B. More. [Rare.] 
2. In a firm, composed, or self-possessed man- 
ner: as, he spoke quite calmly and collectedly. 
collectedness (ko-lek'tcd-nes), n. 1. The state 
of being collected or brought into close union 
or concentration. [Rare.] 2. A oo" 
calm state of the mind: composure, 
collectible, a. See collectable. 
collecting-cane (kp-lek'ting-kan), . ***, ........ 
(ko-lek'shqn), n. [= F. collection = 
II. intrans. 1. To gather together; accumu- 
late : as, pus collects in an abscess ; snow collects 
in drifts. 2f. To compose one's self . 
Collect, 
I fear you are not well : pray tell me why 
You talk thus? fihirl,- : i, Traitor, iii. 3. 
collect (kol'ekt), n. [< ME. collect, colect, < 
LL. collecta, a meeting (L. a collection in 
money), in ML. also a meeting for prayer, 
and (for oratio ad collectam, a prayer 
inference (tr. Gr. ovMioyiouof, a syllogism : see 
syllogism), ML. also a collection in money, < 
collectus, pp. of colligere. collect: see collect, .] 
1 . The act or practice of collecting or of gather- 
ing together: as, the collection of rare books. 
HI* (Cotton's) antiquarian taste* were early displayed In 
the collection of ancient record*, charters, and other manu- 
scripts, which had been dispersed from the monastic libra- 
ries In the reign of Henry VIII. Encyc. Brit., VL 6O9. 
2. An assemblage or gathering of objects; a 
numberof things collected, gathered, or brought 
ceeding to another church to attend mass, a 
prayer at the latter church being called oratio 
ad missam) a prayer, etc. : see collect, .] 1. 
In the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other 
Western liturgies : (a) A concise prayer, vary- 
ing according to tne day, week, octave, or 
season, recited before the epistle, regularly 
consisting of one sentence, and asking for 
some grace or blessing with" reference to some 
teaching of the epistle or gospel, or both. A 
collect Is composed of an address to the Trinity or to one 
of the Divine Persons, a petition thus introduced, and the 
pleading of Christ's merits or final ascription to a Person 
of the Trinity. One collect may be used alone or several 
in succession. Collects regularly belong to the eucharis- 
tic office, but are repeated in the day-offices (hours, morn- 
ing and evening prayer), thus forming a constant link 
between the latter and the altar service. They are char- 
acteristic of Western liturgies and offices, not being known 
in the Eastern churches. Almost all those still in use are 
very ancient, and the origin of this form of prayer Is at 
least as old as the fifth century. Leo the Great (440-61) 
and Gelasius I. (492-96) are reputed the first composers of 
collects. See oratio. 
The unity of sentiment and severity of style which 
characterise these little pieces [Milton's Sonnets) remind 
us ... of the Collects of the English Liturgy. 
Hacaulay, Milton. 
While the East, again, soars to God in exclamations of 
angelic self-forgetfulness, the West comprehends all the 
spiritual needs of man in Collect! of matchless profundity. 
P. Freeman, Principles of Divine Service, I. 274. 
(b) In a wider sense, a prayer of similar char- 
acter or construction, especially one following 
the collect for the day, or used just before the 
conclusion of an office, (c) A name sometimes 
given to the synapte of the Greek Church. 
2. A collection. [Rare.] 
Yet anything that others can write of him is poor indeed 
beside a collect of his own golden sayings. 
Stedman, Poet* of America, p. 137. 
collectable, collectible (ko-iek'ta-bl, -ti-W), a. 
K collect + -able, -ible.'] Capable of being col- 
lected. 
collectanea (kol-ek-ta'ne-a), n. pi. [LL., neut. 
pi. of L. collectaneus, gathered together: see 
coUectaneous."] A selection of passages from 
various authors, usually made for the purpose 
of instruction ; a miscellany. 
collectaneoust (kol-ek-ta'ne-us), a. [< L. col- 
lectaneus, < collectus, pp. of 'colligere, gather to- 
gether : see collect, v.] Gathered ; collected. 
constituting one whole of which the single ob- 
jects are parts: as, a collection of pictures; a 
collection of essays ; a collection of minerals. 
A class, or collection of Individuals, named after a qual- 
ity common to all. Bain, Logic, i. 51. 
Every collection ought to form a definite congruous 
whole, which can be visited, studied, and remembered 
with a certain unity of impression. 
Jcvons, Social Reform, p. 01. 
Specifically 3. A sum of money collected for 
religious or charitable purposes, especially dur- 
ing a religious service. 
Now concerning the rollectivn for the saints. 1 Cor. xvi. 1. 
4f. The act of deducing consequences; infer- 
ence from premises ; that which is deduced or 
inferred; an inference; sometimes, specifical- 
ly, an inductive inference. 
Oood my lord, 
What light collections has your searching eye 
Caught from my loose behaviour? 
Beau, and Fl. (!\ Faithful Friend*, II. 2. 
Wrong collections have been hitherto made out of these 
word* by modern divine*. Milton. 
5. A private examination at the end of each term 
at the colleges of the English universities. 6. 
The act of receiving or compelling payment of 
dues, public or private, as for taxes, customs 
duties, or personal debts. 7. The jurisdiction 
of a collector ; a collectorship. See collector, 3. 
Collection Act. a United State* statute of 1799(1 Stat, 
627) which established districts for the collection of duties 
on Imports, regulated the business of custom-houses and 
custom* officer*, and prescribed rule* for the entry and 
clearing of vessels, etc. Collection of light, In attrul., 
a situation of three planets so that two of them are in as- 
pect with the third, though not with each other. = Syn. 2. 
Assemblage, group, crowd, mass, lot, heap ; compilation, 
selection. 3. Contribution. 
collectitiouflt (kol-ek-tish'us), a. [< L. collec- 
titius, more correctly collecticius, < collectus, 
pp. of colligere: see collect, p.] Gathered to- 
gether; collected. 
collective (ko-lek'tiv). a. and . [= F. collec- 
tif= Sp. colectivo = Pg. collcctiro = It. cpllet- 
tivo, < L. colleetivus, < collectus, pp. of colligere, 
collect: see collect, >.] I. a. 1. Belonging to, 
vested in, or exercised by a number of individ- 
uals jointly, or considered as forming one body : 
united ; aggregated : opposed to individual and 
distributive: as, collective actions. 
