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Collectible
Collectible Col*lect"i*ble, a.
Capable of being collected.
Collection
Collection Col*lec"tion, n. [L. collectio: cf. F. collection.]
1. The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the
collection of specimens.
2. That which is collected; as:
(a) A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.
``A collection of letters.' --Macaulay.
(b) A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes,
as by passing a contribution box for freewill
offerings. ``The collection for the saints.' --1 Cor.
xvi. 1
(c) (Usually in pl.) That which is obtained in payment of
demands.
(d) An accumulation of any substance. ``Collections of
moisture.' --Whewell. ``A purulent collection.'
--Dunglison.
3. The act of inferring or concluding from premises or
observed facts; also, that which is inferred. [Obs.]
We may safely say thus, that wrong collections have
been hitherto made out of those words by modern
divines. --Milton.
4. The jurisdiction of a collector of excise. [Eng.]
Syn: Gathering; assembly; assemblage; group; crowd;
congregation; mass; heap; compilation.
Collectional
Collectional Col*lec"tion*al (-al), a.
Of or pertaining to collecting.
The first twenty-five [years] must have been wasted for
collectional purposes. --H. A.
Merewether.
Collective
Collective Col*lect"ive, n. (Gram.)
A collective noun or name.
CollectiveCollective Col*lect"ive, a. [L. collectivus: cf. F.
collectif.]
1. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass,
sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the
collective body of a nation. --Bp. Hoadley.
2. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring. [Obs.]
``Critical and collective reason.' --Sir T. Browne.
3. (Gram.) Expressing a collection or aggregate of
individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or
noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.
4. Tending to collect; forming a collection.
Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central
point, collective of his sons. --Young.
5. Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy,
a note signed by the representatives of several
governments is called a collective note.
Collective fruit (Bot.), that which is formed from a mass
of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; --
called also multiple fruit. --Gray. Collective fruitCollective Col*lect"ive, a. [L. collectivus: cf. F.
collectif.]
1. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass,
sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the
collective body of a nation. --Bp. Hoadley.
2. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring. [Obs.]
``Critical and collective reason.' --Sir T. Browne.
3. (Gram.) Expressing a collection or aggregate of
individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or
noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.
4. Tending to collect; forming a collection.
Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central
point, collective of his sons. --Young.
5. Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy,
a note signed by the representatives of several
governments is called a collective note.
Collective fruit (Bot.), that which is formed from a mass
of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; --
called also multiple fruit. --Gray. Collectively
Collectively Col*lect"ive*ly, adv.
In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate;
unitedly.
Collectiveness
Collectiveness Col*lect"ive*ness, n.
A state of union; mass.
Collectivism
Collectivism Col*lect"iv*ism, n. [Cf. F. collectivisme.]
(Polit. Econ.)
The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society
collectively or as a whole; communism. --W. G. Summer.
Collectivist
Collectivist Col*lect"iv*ist, n. [Cf. F. collectiviste.]
An advocate of collectivism. -- a. Relating to, or
characteristic of, collectivism.
Collectivity
Collectivity Col`lec*tiv"i*ty, n.
1. Quality or state of being collective.
2. The collective sum. aggregate, or mass of anything;
specif., the people as a body; the state.
The proposition to give work by the collectivity is
supposed to be in contravention of the sacred
principle of monopolistic competition. --W. D.
Howells.
3. (Polit. Econ.) Collectivism.
Misrecollection
Misrecollection Mis*rec`ol*lec"tion, n.
Erroneous or inaccurate recollection.
Precollection
Precollection Pre`col*lec"tion, n.
A collection previously made. [R.]
Recollective
Recollective Rec`ol*lect"ive (-l?k"t?v), a.
Having the power of recollecting. --J. Foster.
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