COLLECT

v. 1 gather (together), get or bring or come or together, amass, accumulate, assemble, compile, pile up, heap up, rack up; convene, congregate, converge, rally, meet A crowd had collected outside the mayor's home They were collecting evidence for their case. 2 summon (up), draw (up), muster, gather (up), concentrate She collected all her courage to ask for an increase in salary