· a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

Hypernym(s): prayer, petition, orison

· get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

Synonym(s): roll_up, accumulate, pile_up, amass, compile, hoard

Hypernym(s): store, hive_away, lay_in, put_in, salt_away, stack_away, stash_away

· call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"

Synonym(s): take_in

Hypernym(s): take

· assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

Synonym(s): gather, garner, pull_together

· get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"

Synonym(s): pull_in

Hypernym(s): roll_up, collect, accumulate, pile_up, amass, compile, hoard

· gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"

Synonym(s): pick_up, gather_up, call_for

Hypernym(s): get, acquire

· payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel"

Synonym(s): cod

· make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays; "call collect"; "send a package collect"