collect

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
collect1 /kəˈlɛkt/

▶verb

• 1 bring or gather together.

  ■ systematically seek and acquire (items of a particular kind) as a hobby.

• 2 call for and take away; fetch.

  ■ call for and receive (something) as a right or due.

• 3 (collect oneself) regain control of oneself, typically after a shock.

• 4 archaic conclude; infer.

• 5 Austral./NZ informal collide with.

▶adverb & adjective N. Amer. (with reference to a telephone call) to be paid for by the person receiving it.

– origin ME: from OFr. collecter or med. L. collectare, from L. collect-, colligere ‘gather together’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
collect2 /ˈkɒlɛkt, -lɪkt/

▶noun (in church use) a short prayer, especially one assigned to a particular day or season.

– origin ME: from OFr. collecte, from L. collecta ‘gathering’, fem. past part. of colligere ‘gather together’.