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+ {{homograph|1|gather}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1425|origins=la colligo}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kəˈlekt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ To gather is [[inh|enm|collecten]],^(Barnhart 1988) [[bor|fro|collecter]], or Medieval Latin collēctāre,^(Hoad 1986)^(SOED 2002) from [[la|collēctus]], the past participle of [[m|la|colligere|t=to gather together]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[m|la|com-|alt=col-|t=together]] and [[m|la|legere|t=to gather, choose, read]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021) from PIE [[ine-pro|*leg-|t=to collect, gather]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To gather into one place or group: before 1425 in Barnhart, in a version of Higden's ''Polychronicon''; the early 15th century in Etymonline; the OED's first quotation is 1573.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To gather money due, such as taxes, is from 1643, and to gather specimens or rare objects as a pursuit from 1749.^(OED 1989) To collect oneself, to regain control, followed.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023) The intransitive sense, to come together, is from 1794.^(Etymonline) ''Collect'' as an adverb, paid by the receiver, is from 1893, first of telegrams.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) ''Collectible'' is from 1662, and ''collectibles'' as a noun from 1952.^(Barnhart 1988) [[Recollect]] and [[coil]] go back to the same Latin verb.^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1425 – to gather.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1643 – to collect money due.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1749 – to collect specimens.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1794 – to come together.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1893 – ''collect'', paid by the receiver.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To bring or come together in a group; to [[gather]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To gather things such as [[stamp|alt=stamps]] or books as a hobby or for study.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To ask for and receive payment of money due, or donations.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To fetch: ''to collect the children from school''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To regain control of oneself or one's thoughts.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Adverb===

+ # ''(chiefly US)'' With the receiver paying: ''to call collect''.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

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+ {{homograph|2|prayer}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1200|origins=la collecta}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈkɒl.ekt/, /ˈkɒl.ɪkt/, US /ˈkɑːl.ekt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The prayer is [[inh|enm|collecte]], [[bor|fro|collecte]] and directly [[bor|la|collēcta|t=a gathering]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) which in Late Latin meant an assembly.^(Hoad 1986)^(SOED 2002) Medieval Latin collecta was short for oratio ad collectam, the prayer said upon the gathering of the people.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A short prayer for a particular day or season: before 1200 in Barnhart, in the ''Ancrene Riwle''; before 1225 in the OED.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 14th century collect also meant a collection of money and a meeting for worship, both now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1200 – the prayer.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1382 – a collection, a meeting (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A short [[prayer]] said at certain services in the [[Anglican]] and [[Catholic|alt=Roman Catholic]] churches, varying with the day or season.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[collection]]

+ * [[collector]]

+ * [[colleague]]

+ * [[recollect]]

+ * [[coil]]

+ * [[legend]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}