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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. brought together in one place;
- Example: "the collected works of Milton"
- Example: "the gathered folds of the skirt"
[syn: collected, gathered]

2. in full control of your faculties;
- Example: "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"
- Example: "perfectly poised and sure of himself"
- Example: "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"
- Example: "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble"
[syn: collected, equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Collect \Col*lect"\ (k[o^]l*l[e^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Collected; p. pr. & vb. n. Collecting.] [L. collecrus, p.
   p. of collerige to bind together; col- + legere to gather:
   cf. OF. collecter. See Legend, and cf. Coil, v. t.,
   Cull, v. t.]
   1. To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring
      together; to obtain by gathering.
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            A band of men
            Collected choicely from each country. --Shak.
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            'Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by
            preserving what our labor and industry daily
            collect.                              --Watts.
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   2. To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other
      indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.
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   3. To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
      [Archaic.] --Shak.
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            Which sequence, I conceive, is very ill collected.
                                                  --Locke.
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   To collect one's self, to recover from surprise,
      embarrassment, or fear; to regain self-control.

   Syn: To gather; assemble; congregate; muster; accumulate;
        garner; aggregate; amass; infer; deduce.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Collected \Col*lect"ed\, a.
   1. Gathered together.
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   2. Self-possessed; calm; composed.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

collected
    adj 1: brought together in one place; "the collected works of
           Milton"; "the gathered folds of the skirt" [syn:
           collected, gathered] [ant: uncollected,
           ungathered]
    2: in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained
       collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly
       poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more
       dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and
       self-possessed in the face of trouble" [syn: collected,
       equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained,
       self-possessed]