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Brought together; contributed; done by contributions. [Obs.] Bailey.

Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of which the bishop and the patron are the same person.

One who collates manuscripts, books, etc. Addison.

To join in praising. [Obs.] Howell.

A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures.

Partnership in office. Milton.

o one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering. A band of men Collected choicely from each country. Shak. 'Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by preserving what our labor and industry daily collect. Watts.

Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology.

Gathered together.

Composedly; coolly.

A collected state of the mind; self-possession.

Capable of being collected.

The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

Of or pertaining to collecting. The first twenty-five [years] must have been wasted for collectional purposes. H. A. Merewether.

Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation. Bp. Hoadley.

In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.

A state of union; mass.

The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism. W. G. Summer.

An advocate of collectivism. -- a.

Quality or state of being collective.