Col·lēct′ive, a.

a. [Lat. collectivus, Fr. collectif, Pr. collectiu.]

1. Formed by gathering; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the whole collective body of a nation. Hoadley.
2. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring. “Falsities controllable not only by critical and collective reason, but contrary observations.” Browne.
3. (Gram.) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals; as, a collective name, like assembly, army, &c.
4. Tending to collect; forming a collection.

Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central point, collective of his sons. Young. Collective fruit (Bot.), that which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry, pine-apple, and the like:—called also multiple fruit. Gray.