collected

collected
    adj 1: brought together in one place; "the collected works of
           Milton"; "the gathered folds of the skirt" [syn:
           {collected}, {gathered}] [ant: {uncollected},
           {ungathered}]
    2: in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained
       collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly
       poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more
       dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and
       self-possessed in the face of trouble" [syn: {collected},
       {equanimous}, {poised}, {self-collected}, {self-contained},
       {self-possessed}]
    

Collect \Col*lect"\ (k[o^]l*l[e^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Collected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Collecting}.] [L. collecrus, p.
   p. of collerige to bind together; col- + legere to gather:
   cf. OF. collecter. See {Legend}, and cf. {Coil}, v. t.,
   {Cull}, v. t.]
   1. To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring
      together; to obtain by gathering.
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            A band of men
            Collected choicely from each country. --Shak.
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            'Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by
            preserving what our labor and industry daily
            collect.                              --Watts.
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   2. To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other
      indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.
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   3. To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
      [Archaic.] --Shak.
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            Which sequence, I conceive, is very ill collected.
                                                  --Locke.
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   {To collect one's self}, to recover from surprise,
      embarrassment, or fear; to regain self-control.

   Syn: To gather; assemble; congregate; muster; accumulate;
        garner; aggregate; amass; infer; deduce.
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Collected \Col*lect"ed\, a.
   1. Gathered together.
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   2. Self-possessed; calm; composed.
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106 Moby Thesaurus words for "collected":
      accumulated, agglomerate, aggregate, allied, amassed, assembled,
      associated, assured, at ease, backlogged, balanced,
      banded together, bound, bracketed, bunched, bundled, calm, clumped,
      clustered, combined, comfortable, complacent, composed, confident,
      conglomerate, congregate, congregated, conjoined, connected,
      controlled, cool, copulate, coupled, cumulate, easy, easygoing,
      equanimous, equilibrious, fascicled, fasciculated, garnered,
      gathered, glomerate, hand-in-glove, hand-in-hand, heaped, hoarded,
      imperturbable, in session, incorporated, integrated, intimate,
      joined, joint, knotted, laid up, leagued, levelheaded, linked,
      lumped, massed, matched, mated, meeting, merged, nonchalant,
      packaged, paired, peaceful, piled, placid, poised, possessed,
      quiet, recollected, sanguine, sedate, self-assured, self-confident,
      self-controlled, self-possessed, self-restrained, self-satisfied,
      serene, smug, spliced, stacked, still, stockpiled, stored, sure,
      tied, together, tranquil, treasured, undivided, unexcited,
      unflappable, united, unperturbed, unruffled, unseparated, wedded,
      well-balanced, wrapped up, yoked