[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

collect \collect"\ ko^lle^kt", v. t. imp.  p. p.
   collected; p. pr.  vb. n. collecting. l. collecrus, p.
   p. of collerige to bind together; col- + legere to gather:
   cf. of. collecter. see legend, and cf. coil, v. t.,
   cull, v. t.
   1. to gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring
      together; to obtain by gathering.
      1913 webster

            a band of men
            collected choicely from each country. --shak.
      1913 webster

            'tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by
            preserving what our labor and industry daily
            collect.                              --watts.
      1913 webster

   2. to demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other
      indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.
      1913 webster

   3. to infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
      archaic. --shak.
      1913 webster

            which sequence, i conceive, is very ill collected.
                                                  --locke.
      1913 webster

   to collect one's self, to recover from surprise,
      embarrassment, or fear; to regain self-control.

   syn: to gather; assemble; congregate; muster; accumulate;
        garner; aggregate; amass; infer; deduce.
        1913 webster
see also:
collected collecting legend coil cull to collect one's self 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

collected \collect"ed\, a.
   1. gathered together.
      1913 webster

   2. self-possessed; calm; composed.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

collected
     adj 1: brought together in one place; "the collected works of
            milton"; "the gathered folds of the skirt" syn: gathered
            ant: uncollected, uncollected
     2: brought together into a group or crowd; "the accumulated
        letters in my office" syn: accumulated, amassed, assembled,
         congregate, massed
     3: in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained
        collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly
        poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more
        dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong
        and self-possessed in the face of trouble" syn: equanimous,
         poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed
see also:
gathered uncollected accumulated amassed assembled congregate 
massed equanimous poised self-collected self-contained 
self-possessed 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

106 moby thesaurus words for "collected":
   accumulated, agglomerate, aggregate, allied, amassed, assembled,
   associated, assured, at ease, backlogged, balanced,
   banded together, bound, bracketed, bunched, bundled, calm, clumped,
   clustered, combined, comfortable, complacent, composed, confident,
   conglomerate, congregate, congregated, conjoined, connected,
   controlled, cool, copulate, coupled, cumulate, easy, easygoing,
   equanimous, equilibrious, fascicled, fasciculated, garnered,
   gathered, glomerate, hand-in-glove, hand-in-hand, heaped, hoarded,
   imperturbable, in session, incorporated, integrated, intimate,
   joined, joint, knotted, laid up, leagued, levelheaded, linked,
   lumped, massed, matched, mated, meeting, merged, nonchalant,
   packaged, paired, peaceful, piled, placid, poised, possessed,
   quiet, recollected, sanguine, sedate, self-assured, self-confident,
   self-controlled, self-possessed, self-restrained, self-satisfied,
   serene, smug, spliced, stacked, still, stockpiled, stored, sure,
   tied, together, tranquil, treasured, undivided, unexcited,
   unflappable, united, unperturbed, unruffled, unseparated, wedded,
   well-balanced, wrapped up, yoked

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