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collect
Synonyms:

(verb) aggregate, assemble, amass, calm, compose, contain, control, gather, marshal, muster, re-collect, settle.

Related Words:

(verb) cluster, compile, congress, convene, converge, convoke, corral, group, heap, raise, rendezvous, save, secure, solicit, stockpile.

Antonyms:
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broadcast, distribute. 

Synonym Study 1 (Dictionary.com):

Gather, assemble, collect, muster, and marshal imply bringing or drawing together. 

Gather expresses the general idea usually with no implication of arrangement: 
to gather seashells. 

Assemble is used of objects or facts brought together preparatory to arranging them: 
to assemble data for a report. 

Collect implies purposeful accumulation to form an ordered whole: 
to collect evidence. 

Muster, primarily a military term, suggests thoroughness in the process of collection: 
to muster all one's resources. 

Marshal, another term primarily military, suggests rigorously ordered, purposeful arrangement: 
to marshal facts for effective presentation.

Synonym Study 2 (Merriam-Webster):

Gather, collect, assemble, and congregate mean to come or bring together into a group, mass, or unit. 

Gather is the most general term for bringing or coming together from a spread-out or scattered state: 
a crowd quickly gathered. 

Collect often implies careful selection or orderly arrangement: 
collected books on gardening. 

Assemble implies an ordered union or organization of persons or things often for a definite purpose:
experts assembled for a conference. 

Congregate implies a spontaneous flocking together into a crowd or huddle:
congregating under a shelter.

Origin:

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin collēctus (past participle of colligere “to collect”), equivalent to col- “with, together” + leg- (stem of legere “to gather”) + -tus past participle suffix; see col-1. Noun: 1150–1200; Middle English collecte<Medieval Latin, short for ōrātiō ad collēctam prayer at collection (see collect1). Dictionary 2 (verb, noun 1, adverb, adjective): C16: from Latin collēctus collected, from colligere to gather together, from com- together + legere to gather. (noun 2): C13: from Medieval Latin collecta (from the phrase ōrātiō ad collēctam prayer at the (people's) assembly), from Latin colligere to collect 1. —Dictionary.com. // 


First Known Use of collect: Noun: 13th century. Verb: 1563. Adverb or adjective: 1893. History and Etymology for collect: Noun: Middle English collecte, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin collecta (short for oratio ad collectam prayer upon assembly), from Late Latin, assembly, from Latin, assemblage, from feminine of collectus. Verb: Latin collectus, past participle of colligere to collect, from com- + legere to gather — more at legend. —Merriam-Webster.

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