In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
COLLECTED
collected, equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed
(adjective) in full control of your faculties; âthe witness remained collected throughout the cross-examinationâ; âperfectly poised and sure of himselfâ; âmore self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmenâ; âstrong and self-possessed in the face of troubleâ
collected, gathered
(adjective) brought together in one place; âthe collected works of Miltonâ; âthe gathered folds of the skirtâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
collected (comparative more collected, superlative most collected)
(not comparable) Gathered together.
Coolâheaded, emotionally stable, in focus.
Synonyms
• calm, cool, composed
Verb
collected
simple past tense and past participle of collect
Source: Wiktionary
Col*lect"ed, a.
1. Gathered together.
2. Self-possessed; calm; composed.
COLLECT
Col*lect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collected; p. pr. & vb. n. Collecting.] Etym: [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. A band of men Collected choicely from each country. Shak. 'Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by preserving what our labor and industry daily collect. Watts.
2. To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.
3. To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises. [Archaic.] Shak. Which sequence, I conceive, is very ill collected. Locke. 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.
Col*lect", v. i.
1. To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.
2. To infer; to conclude. [Archaic] Whence some collect that the former word imports a plurality of persons. South.
Col"lect, n. Etym: [LL. collecta, fr. L. collecta a collection in money; an assemblage, fr. collerige: cf. F. collecte. See Collect, v. t.]
Definition: A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy. The noble poem on the massacres of Piedmont is strictly a collect in verse. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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