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Present-Day Englishbefore 12th centuryestablished

collect

English lexical record for the prayer noun

WITNESS TYPE
Lexicographic first-use report
YEAR
1100
LOCATOR
First Known Use
REPOSITORY
Not recorded
SHELFMARK / OBJECT ID
Not recorded
FACSIMILE
Not linked
DIRECT INSPECTION
No
CONFIDENCE
established
01

BIBLIOGRAPHIC PROVENANCE

THE SOURCE BEHIND THE CLAIM

TITLE
Collect — Word History
AUTHOR
Merriam-Webster Editors
YEAR
2026
PUBLISHER
Merriam-Webster
SOURCE TYPE
historical dictionary
CITATION KEY
mw-collect