Webster's Dictionary 1913

5428

Collectional

Col‐lec″tion‐al (–al), a. Of or pertaining to collecting.The first twenty-five must have been wasted for collectional purposes.H. A. Merewether.

5429

Collective

Col‐lect″ive (?), a. [L. collectivus: cf. F. collectif.] 1. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective ...

5430

Collective (2)

Col‐lect″ive, n.(Gram.) A collective noun or name.

5431

Collectively

Col‐lect″ive‐ly, adv. In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.

5432

Collectiveness

Col‐lect″ive‐ness, n. A state of union; mass.

5433

Collectivism

Col‐lect″iv‐ism (?), n. [Cf. F. collectivisme.] (Polit. Econ.) The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism. W. G. Summer.

5434

Collectivist

Col‐lect″iv‐ist, n. [Cf. F. collectiviste.] An advocate of collectivism. — a. Relating to, or characteristic of, collectivism.

5435

Collectivity

Col′lec‐tiv″i‐ty (?), n. 1. Quality or state of being collective.2. The collective sum. aggregate, or mass of anything; specif., the people as a body; the state.The proposition ...

5436

Collector

Col‐lect″or (?), n. [LL. collector one who collects: cf. F. collecteur.] 1. One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting ...

5437

Collectorate

Col‐lect″or‐ate (?), n. The district of a collector of customs; a collectorship.

5438

Collectorship

Col‐lect″or‐ship, n. The office of a collector of customs or of taxes.

5439

Colleen

Col‐leen″ (?), n. [Ir. cailin.] A girl; a maiden.Of all the colleens in the landSweet Mollie is the daisy. The Century.

5440

Collegatary

Col‐leg″a‐ta‐ry (?), n. [L. collegetarius. See Legatary.] (Law) A joint legatee.

5441

College

Col″lege (?), n. [F. collège, L. collegium, fr. collega colleague. See Colleague.] 1. A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duti...

5442

Collegial

Col‐le″gi‐al (?), n. [LL. collegialis.] Collegiate.

5443

Collegian

Col‐le″gi‐an (?), n. A member of a college, particularly of a literary institution so called; a student in a college.

5444

Collegiate

Col‐le″gi‐ate (?), a. [L. collegiatus.] Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society. Johnson.Collegiate church. (a) A church which, although not ...

5445

Collegiate (2)

Col‐le″gi‐ate, n. A member of a college. Burton.

5446

Collembola

‖Col‐lem″bo‐la (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. κόλλα glue + ἔμβολον wedge, peg; — so called from their having collophores.] (Zoöl.) The division of Thysanura which includes Podura, an...

5447

Collenchyma

‖Col‐len″chy‐ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. κόλλα glue + � an infusion. Formed like parenchyma.] (Bot.) A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elon...

5448

Collet (2)

Col″let (?), n. [F. collet, dim. fr. L. collum neck. See Collar.] 1. A small collar or neckband. Foxe.2. (Mech.) A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as, the...

5449

Colleterial

Col′le‐te″ri‐al (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the colleterium of insects. R. Owen.

5450

Colleterium

‖Col′le‐te″ri‐um (?), n. [NL. See Colletic.] (Zoöl.) An organ of female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.

5451

Colletic

Col‐let″ic (?), a. [L. colleticus suitable for gluing, Gr. �, fr. � to glue, κόλλα glue.] Agglutinant. — n. An agglutinant.

5452

Colley

Col″ley (?), n. See Collie.

5453

Collide

Col‐lide″ (?), v. i. [L. collidere, collisum; col- + laedere to strike. See Lesion.] To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels coll...

5454

Collide (2)

Col‐lide″, v. t. To strike or dash against.Scintillations are... inflammable effluencies from the bodies collided.Sir T. Browne.