coll-
variant of collo- before a vowel.
coll-
1 American
coll.
2
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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His later poems included various Odes in celebration of national events, some of which were coll. in Under the Willows, The Cathedral, and Heartsease and Rue.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)
Many of these jeux d'esprit were coll. as Reliques of Father Prout.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)
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 Cousin, John W. (John William)
He pub. two books of poems, which after his death were coll. as The Harp of Erin.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)
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