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The first twenty-five [years] must have been
wasted for collectional purposes.

H. A. Merewether.

Col*lect"ive (?), a. [L.
collectivus: cf. F. collectif.] 1.
Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass,
sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the
collective body of a nation. Bp.
Hoadley.

2. Deducing consequences; reasoning;
inferring. [Obs.] "Critical and collective reason."
Sir T. Browne.

3. (Gram.) Expressing a collection
or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a
collective name or noun, like assembly,
army, jury, etc.

4. Tending to collect; forming a
collection.

Local is his throne . . . to fix a point,

A central point, collective of his sons.

Young.

5. Having plurality of origin or
authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives
of several governments is called a collective
note.

Collective fruit (Bot.), that
which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry,
pineapple, and the like; -- called also multiple
fruit.


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