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/rˌɛkəlˈɛkt/ /rˌikəlˈɛkt/ Listen

verb

Recollect v. t. (past & past part. recollected; pres. part. recollecting)

To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.

Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect one's self after a burst of anger; sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle. "The Tyrian queen... Admired his fortunes, more admired the man; Then recollected stood."

noun

Recollect n. (Written also Recollet) (Eccl.) A friar of the Strict Observance, an order of Franciscans.

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Etymology of 'Recollect'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Recollect" Quotes from Famous Books

... be inspired with beauty—that is, with affection or passion. All minds, even the dullest, remember the days of their youth; but all cannot bring back the indescribable brightness of that blessed season. They who would know what they once were, must not merely recollect but they must imagine, the hills and valleys—if any such there were—in which their childhood played, the torrents, the waterfalls, the lakes, the heather, the rocks, the heaven's imperial dome, the ...

— Christmas - Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse • Various

... think I can go so far as to say that there appeared, as well as I recollect from the hasty glance I had, to be other documents and parcels behind those ...

— A Queen's Error • Henry Curties

... do I recollect those to whom I am speaking, avoid irritating them, keep myself in the background, talk little myself and listen attentively ...

— Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 - The Guide • Charles Herbert Sylvester

... large numbers as in Steller's time is the sea-bear. Even it had already diminished so that the year's catch was inconsiderable,[367] when in 1871 a single company obtained for a payment to the Russian crown, if I recollect right, of two roubles for every animal killed, and exclusive right to the hunting, which was accordingly arranged in a more purposelike way. At certain times of the year the killing of the sea-bear is wholly prohibited. The number of the animals ...

— The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II • A.E. Nordenskieold

... Nora, "I could not think that of him; of course I do not recollect him clearly, except from the sketch you made of him, but yet I am sure from the expression of his countenance that he must have been as true and honest as he was handsome. No, I would rather suppose that he has long since been killed. Just consider how many thousands ...

— The Heir of Kilfinnan - A Tale of the Shore and Ocean • W.H.G. Kingston

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