Part 2105

<h1>Collectional</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col*lec"tion*al</hw> <tt>(-<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to collecting.</def>

<blockquote>The first twenty-five [years] must have been wasted for <b>collectional</b> purposes. <i>H. A. Merewether.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Collective</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col*lect"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>collectivus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>collectif</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; <as>as, the <er>collective</er> body of a nation</as>.</def>

<i>Bp. Hoadley.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Critical and <i>collective</i> reason."

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; <as>as, a <ex>collective</ex> name or noun, like <ex>assembly</ex>, <ex>army</ex>, <ex>juri</ex>, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Tending to collect; forming a collection.</def>

<blockquote>Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central point, <b>collective</b> of his sons. <i>Young.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Having plurality of origin or authority; <as>as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a <ex>collective</ex> note</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Collective fruit</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>that which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; -- called also <altname>multiple fruit</altname>.</cd></cs>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Collective</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col*lect"ive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A collective noun or name.</def>

<h1>Collectively</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col*lect"ive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.</def>

<h1>Collectiveness</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col*lect"ive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A state of union; mass.</def>

<h1>Collectivism</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col*lect"iv*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>collectivisme</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Polit. Econ.)</fld> <def>The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism.</def>

<i>W. G. Summer.</i>

<h1>Collectivist</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col*lect"iv*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>collectiviste</ets>.]</ety> <def>An advocate of collectivism.</def> -- <def2><tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to, or characteristic of, collectivism.</def></def2>

<h1>Collector</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col*lect"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>collector</ets> one who collects: cf. F. <ets>collecteur</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>collector</ex> of coins</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I digress into Soho to explore a bookstall. Methinks I have been thirty years a <b>collector</b>. <i>Lamb.</i></blockquote>