COLLECTIVE

collective. Collective, a. apt to gather or infer, whole, full

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Col‐lect″ive (?), a. [[L. collectivus: cf. F. collectif.]] 1. 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. 2. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring. “Critical and collective reason.” Sir T. Browne.
3. 3. (Gram.) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.
4. 4. Tending to collect; forming a collection.
Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central point, collective of his sons. Young. 5. 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.