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NODE / 0089attestedMiddle English

collecten

to accumulate, infer, calculate

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Middle English
SENSE
default
FAMILY
Indo-European / West Germanic
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DESCENDANTinheritanceestablished
Present-Day English · before 12th century–today

collect

to bring together; a prayer; payable by recipient

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
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Collect — Word HistorysupportsEtymology and First Known Use

Distinguishes the early prayer noun from the later verb.

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