coll-
variant of collo- before a vowel.
coll-
1 American
coll.
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American
abbreviation
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collateral.
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collect.
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collection.
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collective.
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collector.
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college.
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collegiate.
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colloquial.
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(in prescriptions) an eyewash.
Etymology
Origin of coll.
Latin collȳrium
Example Sentences
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Milton. pros. prosody. coll., colloq. colloquially. min. mineralogy. prov. provincial. comp. comparative. mod. modern. q.v. which see. conch. conchology.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
His f. being a Dissenter, he was ed. at a Dissenting coll. at Newington with the view of becoming a Presbyterian minister.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin
His coll. works appeared in 1803, and another ed. by Prof. Street in 1875.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin
—Poet, s. of an usher in a charity school, was b. at Loughborough, and ed. at Camb., where he became coll. tutor and lecturer on rhetoric at St. John's, and was much sought after.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin
His verses, however, attracted attention by their merit, and he pub. some of them in a coll. form.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin
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