COLLECTIVE
Col*lect"ive, a. Etym: [L. collectivus: cf. F. collectif.]
1. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation. Bp. Hoadley.
2. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring. [Obs.] "Critical and collective reason." Sir T. Browne.
3. (Gram.)
Defn: Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, juri, etc.
4. Tending to collect; forming a collection. Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central point, collective of his sons. Young.
5. Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note. Collective fruit (Bot.), that which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; — called also multiple fruit. Gray.
COLLECTIVE
Col*lect"ive, n. (Gram.)
Defn: A collective noun or name.
COLLECTIVELY
Col*lect"ive*ly, adv.