n. a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

v. get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"

v. call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"

v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

v. gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"

adv. make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays; "call collect"; "send a package collect"

adj. payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel"