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collect

/kəˈlɛkt/ adjective C2
  1. To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment. · It was to be a collect delivery, but no-one was available to pay.
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Morcerf asked leave to retire; he had to collect the documents he had long been preparing against this storm, which his sagacity had foreseen.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 869 · C1
Come, collect yourself, and tell me all.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 463 · C1
The Count placed his hand on his brow as if to collect his thoughts.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 517 · C1
They halted for a minute, during which he strove to collect his thoughts.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 76 · C1

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