Definition of Colective
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. Gray.
Col*lect"ive, n. (Gram.)
A collective noun or name.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
- (obsolete): Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
- (grammar): Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, juri, etc.
- Tending to collect; forming a collection.
Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central point, collective of his sons. -Young.
- Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.
- A farm owned by a collection of people.
- (grammar): A collective noun or name.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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