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Definition of Collected

1. Adjective. Brought together in one place. "The gathered folds of the skirt"

2. Adjective. In full control of your faculties. "Strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble"

Definition of Collected

1. a. Gathered together.

Definition of Collected

1. Adjective. (cool-headed Cool?headed), emotionally stable, in focus. ¹

2. Verb. (past of collect) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Collected

1. collect [v] - See also: collect

Lexicographical Neighbors of Collected

colleagued colleagues colleagueship colleagueships colleaguing collect collect call collect dust collect one's thoughts collect one's wits

collect up collectability collectable collectables collectanea collected (current term) collectedly collectedness collectednesses collecter

collecters collectibility collectible collectibles collectin collecting collecting societies collecting society collecting tubule collectins

Literary usage of Collected

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"The smaller species have all been determined by direct comparison with the British East Africa material in the United States National Museum, collected on ..."

2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"He ended, and with might collected stood, And all his heart rush'd forward to the fight. Like pard, that springs from out a deep thick wood Against her ..."

3. The Vulgar Tongue: a Glossary of Slang, Cant, and Flash Words and Phrases by Ducange Anglicus (1859)
"... known to every Thief and Beggar. Edited by H. Brandon, Esq.." The words without a prefix were collected-. The words marked t are additions, collected-. ..."

4. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"could lint be collected to set the design on foot at tli.it time, a foundation iras laid, on which, under the auspices of his son, the late Sir William, ..."

5. The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany: With by Delany (Mary), Augusta Waddington Hall Llanover (1862)
"She desired yr daughter to make her compliments to you and to know if you collected old seals for a poor woman ? Mrs. Delany to Mrs. Port, of Ham. ..."

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