coll-
variant of collo- before a vowel.
coll-
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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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Many of these jeux d'esprit were coll. as Reliques of Father Prout.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin
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 John W. (John William) Cousin
When I came I found nobody with him but Mr Collins, of Magdalen coll., whom he had also invited.”
From Springtime and Other Essays by Sir Francis Darwin
In 1851, failing to be elected head of his coll., he threw up his tutorship, and devoted himself to severe study, occasionally writing on educational subjects in various reviews.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin
While at coll. he had written some not very successful verse.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin
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