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Collect — Col*lect (k[o^]l*l[e^]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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Facts (TV Series) — Facts is a TV program in Hong Kong, which broadcast short films obtained or shoot with information from audiences. It is broadcasting weekdays at 10:30 pm in Asia Television(ATV), since 4 December, 2006 and the host is Chan Kai… … Wikipedia
Collect call — A collect call in the USA and Canada or reverse charge call in the UK and other countries (or calling collect) is a telephone call in which the calling party wants to place a call at the called party s expense. In the past, collect calls were… … Wikipedia
collect — 1 verb 1 BRING TOGETHER (T) to get things of the same type from different places and bring them together: Researchers spent 6 months collecting facts and figures. | Could you collect some branches for a fire? 2 KEEP OBJECTS (T) to get and keep… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
To collect one's self — Collect Col*lect (k[o^]l*l[e^]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.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Elias Loomis — Infobox Scientist name = Elias Loomis box width = image width = 150px caption = Elias Loomis (1811 1889) birth date = August 7, 1811 birth place = Willington, Connecticut, United States death date = August 15, 1889 death place = New Haven,… … Wikipedia
Mirko Grmek — Mirko Dražen Grmek (January 9, 1924 March 6, 2000) was a Croatian and French historian of medicine, writer and scientist. He was one of the pioneers and founders of the history of medicine. His entire opus promotes the historical research of… … Wikipedia
Vladimir Vernadsky — Infobox Scientist name = Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky image width = 148px caption = birth date = March 12, 1863 birth place = Saint Petersburg, Russia death date = January 6, 1945 death place = Moscow, Soviet Union residence = Russian Empire… … Wikipedia
investigate — in·ves·ti·gate /in ves tə ˌgāt/ vb gat·ed, gat·ing vt: to observe or study by close examination and systematic inquiry; specif: to make (a criminal suspect) the subject of inquiry and study for the purpose of establishing probable cause vi: to… … Law dictionary
Clarkson, Thomas — ▪ English abolitionist born March 28, 1760, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, Eng. died Sept. 26, 1846, Ipswich, Suffolk abolitionist, one of the first effective publicists of the English movement against the slave trade and against slavery in the… … Universalium
