Middle English inflection was lost and the learned spelling stabilized.
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collect
to bring together; a prayer; payable by recipient
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMiddle English · Middle Englishcollecten
to accumulate, infer, calculate
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Accumulating and inferring broadened into the modern family of gathering, receiving, and regaining control.
The prayer noun has an earlier English record than the verb.
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Collect — Word HistoryEtymology and First Known Use
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Distinguishes the early prayer noun from the later verb.
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