What is the meaning of Collect?

To gather together; amass.

To get; particularly, get from someone.

To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.

To pick up or fetch [someone, in a vehicle]

To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)

To collect payments.

To come together in a group or mass.

To infer; to conclude.

To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).

To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.

With payment due from the recipient.

The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.

Source: wiktionary.org