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NODE / 0088attestedPresent-Day English

collect

to bring together; a prayer; payable by recipient

DATE
before 12th century–today
SENSE
default
FAMILY
Indo-European / Germanic
CANONICAL KEY
node:1:collect:attested
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ANCESTRAL EDGES

ROOT OF THIS ROOT

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GO DEEPERinheritanceestablished
Middle English · Middle English

collecten

to accumulate, infer, calculate

SOUND
Middle English inflection was lost and the learned spelling stabilized.
MEANING
Accumulating and inferring broadened into the modern family of gathering, receiving, and regaining control.
CHRONOLOGY
The prayer noun has an earlier English record than the verb.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster editors
CONFIDENCE
established
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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

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No reviewed descendants currently reuse this node. Absence describes the graph, not the entire history of the form.

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TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE

EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE

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UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
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REVIEWED EDGES
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DEEPEST PATH
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MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
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RECORDED EVIDENCE

ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

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SOURCE-REPORTEDlexicographic first useestablished

English lexical record for the prayer noun

The date and form are source-reported. No manuscript or inscription facsimile has been directly inspected for this record.

collect dossier · recorded as collect
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EDITORIAL REUSE

WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE

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