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Webster 1913 Edition

Collection

Col-lec′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
collectio
: cf. F.
collection
.]
1.
The act or process of collecting or of gathering;
as, the
collection
of specimens
.
2.
That which is collected
; as:
(a)
A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.
“A collection of letters.”
Macaulay.
(b)
A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings.
“The collection for the saints.”
1 Cor. xvi. 1
(c)
(Usually in pl.)
That which is obtained in payment of demands.
(d)
An accumulation of any substance.
“Collections of moisture.”
Whewell.
“A purulent collection.”
Dunglison.
3.
The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
[Obs.]
We may safely say thus, that wrong
collections
have been hitherto made out of those words by modern divines.
Milton.
Syn. – Gathering; assembly; assemblage; group; crowd; congregation; mass; heap; compilation.

Webster 1828 Edition

Collection

COLLECTION

, n.
1.
The act of gathering, or assembling.
2.
The body formed by gathering; an assemblage, or assembly; a crowd; as a collection of men.
3.
A contribution; a sum collected for a charitable purpose.
Now concerning the collection for the saints. 1 Cor. 16.
4.
A gathering, as of matter in an abscess.
5.
The act of deducing consequences; reasoning; inference.
6.
A corollary; a consectary; a deduction from premises; consequence.
7.
A book compiled from other books, by the putting together of parts; a compilation; as a collection of essays or sermons.

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