brought together in one place; the collected works of Milton; the gathered folds of the skirt

[ Syn: gathered , gathered ]

in full control of your faculties; the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination; perfectly poised and sure of himself; more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen; strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble

[ Syn: equanimous , poised , self-collected , self-contained , self-possessed ]