collect

collect
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. gather, collate, assemble, amass, compile; throng, congregate, flock; scrape or round up, garner, accumulate, save. See assemblage, acquisition. Ant., disperse, scatter.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
1. [To bring into one place]
Syn. amass, consolidate, convoke, gather; see accumulate 1 , assemble 2 , concentrate 1 .
2. [To come together]
Syn. gather, congregate, assemble, flock; see gather 1 .
3. [To obtain funds]
Syn. solicit, raise, secure, call for; see obtain 1 .
4. [To arrange settlement of a debt]
Syn. settle, manage, handle, receive payment, draw upon for, receive; see also negotiate 1 , receive 1 .
5. [To obtain specimens]
Syn. accumulate, get, assemble, make a collection; see accumulate 1 .
See Synonym Study at gather .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
1. accumulate or assemble gather, harvest, reap, amass, hoard, save, round up, pile up, squirrel away, compile, congregate, flock, group, muster, convene, meet, cluster.
2. obtain acquire, solicit, raise, *pass the hat, get.
3. pick up get, fetch, gather, take away.
4. pull oneself together gather one's wits, calm down, *get it together, regain one's composure, relax.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To bring together: assemble, call, cluster, congregate, convene, convoke, gather, get together, group, muster, round up, summon. See COLLECT. 2. To bring together so as to increase in mass or number: accrue, accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, cumulate, garner, gather, hive, pile up, roll up. See COLLECT. 3. To come together: assemble, cluster, congregate, convene, forgather, gather, get together, group, muster. See COLLECT. 4. To bring one's emotions under control: compose, contain, control, cool, simmer down. Idiom: cool it. See RESTRAINT.
V
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A formula of words used in praying: litany, orison, prayer1, rogation (often used in plural). See RELIGION.

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