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Acacia colletioidesWait-a-while Wait"-a-while`, n.
(a) One of the Australian wattle trees (Acacia
colletioides), so called from the impenetrability of the
thicket which it makes.
(b) = Wait-a-bit. ColleagueColleague Col"league (k[o^]l"l[=e]g), n. [F. coll[`e]gue, L.
collega one chosen at the same time with another, a partner
in office; col- + legare to send or choose as deputy. See
Legate.]
A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office
or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or
manufactures.
Syn: Helper; assistant; coadjutor; ally; associate;
companion; confederate. Colleague
Colleague Col*league" (k[o^]l*l[=e]g"), v.t & i.
To unite or associate with another or with others. [R.]
--Shak.
Colleagueship
Colleagueship Col"league*ship, n.
Partnership in office. --Milton.
Collect
Collect Col*lect", v. i.
1. To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd;
to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.
2. To infer; to conclude. [Archaic]
Whence some collect that the former word imports a
plurality of persons. --South.
CollectCollect Col"lect, n. [LL. collecta, fr. L. collecta a
collection in money; an assemblage, fr. collerige: cf. F.
collecte. See Collect, v. t.]
A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day,
occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.
The noble poem on the massacres of Piedmont is strictly
a collect in verse. --Macaulay. CollectaneaCollectanea Col`lec*ta"ne*a, n. pl. [Neut. pl. from L.
collectaneus collected, fr. colligere. See Collect, v. t.]
Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes
of instruction; miscellany; anthology. Collected
Collected Col*lect"ed, a.
1. Gathered together.
2. Self-possessed; calm; composed.
Collectedly
Collectedly Col*lect"ed*ly, adv.
Composedly; coolly.
Collectedness
Collectedness Col*lect"ed*ness, n.
A collected state of the mind; self-possession.
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.
Collectorate
Collectorate Col*lect"or*ate, n.
The district of a collector of customs; a collectorship.
Collectorship
Collectorship Col*lect"or*ship, n.
The office of a collector of customs or of taxes.
Colleen
Colleen Col*leen", n. [Ir. cailin.]
A girl; a maiden. [Anglo-Irish]
Of all the colleens in the land Sweet Mollie is the
daisy. --The Century.
CollegataryCollegatary Col*leg"a*ta*ry, n. [L. collegetarius. See
Legatary.] (Law)
A joint legatee. CollegeCollege Col"lege, n. [F. coll[`e]ge, L. collegium, fr. collega
colleague. See Colleague.]
1. A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in
common pursuits, or having common duties and interests,
and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges;
as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college
of bishops.
The college of the cardinals. --Shak.
Then they made colleges of sufferers; persons who,
to secure their inheritance in the world to come,
did cut off all their portion in this. --Jer.
Taylor.
2. A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated
for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of
knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge
Universities, and many American colleges.
Note: In France and some other parts of continental Europe,
college is used to include schools occupied with
rudimentary studies, and receiving children as pupils.
3. A building, or number of buildings, used by a college.
``The gate of Trinity College.' --Macaulay.
4. Fig.: A community. [R.]
Thick as the college of the bees in May. --Dryden.
College of justice, a term applied in Scotland to the
supreme civil courts and their principal officers.
The sacred college, the college or cardinals at Rome. College of justiceCollege Col"lege, n. [F. coll[`e]ge, L. collegium, fr. collega
colleague. See Colleague.]
1. A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in
common pursuits, or having common duties and interests,
and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges;
as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college
of bishops.
The college of the cardinals. --Shak.
Then they made colleges of sufferers; persons who,
to secure their inheritance in the world to come,
did cut off all their portion in this. --Jer.
Taylor.
2. A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated
for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of
knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge
Universities, and many American colleges.
Note: In France and some other parts of continental Europe,
college is used to include schools occupied with
rudimentary studies, and receiving children as pupils.
3. A building, or number of buildings, used by a college.
``The gate of Trinity College.' --Macaulay.
4. Fig.: A community. [R.]
Thick as the college of the bees in May. --Dryden.
College of justice, a term applied in Scotland to the
supreme civil courts and their principal officers.
The sacred college, the college or cardinals at Rome. Collegial
Collegial Col*le"gi*al, n. [LL. collegialis.]
Collegiate. [R.]
Collegian
Collegian Col*le"gi*an, n.
A member of a college, particularly of a literary institution
so called; a student in a college.
Collegiate
Collegiate Col*le"gi*ate, n.
A member of a college. --Burton.
Meaning of Colle from wikipedia
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Colle or
Collé (French word
meaning "glue",
Italian word
meaning "hill") may
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Colle or
Collé is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Charles Collé,
French dramatist and
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Gioia del
Colle (pronounced [ˈdʒɔːja del ˈkɔlle]; Barese: Sciò) is a town and
comune of the
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southern Italy. The town...
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Charles Collé (14
April 1709 – 3
November 1783) was a
French dramatist and songwriter. The son of a notary, he was born in Paris. He
became interested...
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