[ad. L. collect-us pa. pple. of colligĕre to gather together.] = COLLECTED as pa. pple. (obs.) or adj. (arch.)
1432–50. trans. Higden (Rolls), I. 111. There is noo welle … where waters be collecte. Ibid., I. 345. A langage collecte of alle langages.
1677. Cary, Chronol., II. II. III. ix. 241. The Collect Number of all the other intermediate Anarchies.
1682. Wheler, Journ. Greece, III. 227. This upon more collect Thoughts, I do not believe.
1830. W. Phillips, Mt. Sinai, II. 94. Unshaken he alone, And self-collect.
† b. Collect years.
‘Collected years. When a table contains quantities denoting the amount of a planet’s motion during round periods of years, such as 20, 40, or 60 years; such a change is entered under the heading Anni Collecti.’ (Skeat in Chaucer, Astrolabe (1872), Gloss.)
c. 1386. Chaucer, Frankl. T., 547. Hise tables tolletanes … fful wel corrected, ne ther lakked nought neither his collect ne his expans yeeris.
1430. Lydg., Chron. Troy, I. In tables correct … The yeres collecte and expanse also.
