| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| collate | verb t. | To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement., To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding., To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; — followed by to., To bestow or confer., To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary. |
| collaud | verb t. | To join in praising. |
| collect | verb t. | To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering., To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes., To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises., To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks., To infer; to conclude., A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy. |
| college | noun | A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops., A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American colleges., A building, or number of buildings, used by a college., Fig.: A community. |
| collide | verb i. | To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided., To strike or dash against. |
| collied | p. & adjective | Darkened. See Colly, v. t., of Colly |
| collier | noun | One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal., A vessel employed in the coal trade. |
| colline | noun | A small hill or mount. |
| colling | verb t. | An embrace; dalliance. |
| collish | noun | A tool to polish the edge of a sole. |
| colloid | adjective | Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors., A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through animal membranes or vegetable parchment more slowly than crystalloids do; — opposed to crystalloid., A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer. |
| collude | verb i. | To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other’s hands; to conspire; to act in concert. |