Middle English Dictionary Entry
collecten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | collecten v. |
| Etymology | From L ppl. collect-um. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To accumulate; (b) ppl. culled, gathered (from various sources).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)45b/a : We shal vse it..in fomentyng..þat it be resolued þat is gadred or collecte [L collectum].
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.109 : Waters be collecte..in cestrens and veselles.
b
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.345 : The langage of that cuntre [Ireland]..is callede Gaitelaf, as a langage collecte [Trev.: i-gadered; L collecta] of alle langages.
2.
(a) To infer or calculate; (b) astron. collecte yeres, computations of the changes of a planet's position for round periods from 20 to 3, 000 years [Robinson].
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.427 : The bischoppes collecte [L collegerunt; Trev.: acountede] that nowmbre by the nowmbre of hostes..for ten men were assignede to euery hoste.
b
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1275 : His tables tolletanes forth he broght, Ful wel corrected; ne ther lakked noght Neither his collect ne his expans yeris Ne hise rootes.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)380 : The ȝeeres correcte [read: collecte] and expance also.