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recollect
[
ree-k
uh
-
lekt
]
Origin
re-col·lect
/
ˌri
kəˈlɛkt
/
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[
ree-k
uh
-
lekt
]
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verb (used with object)
1.
to collect, gather, or assemble again (something scattered).
2.
to rally (one's faculties, powers, spirits, etc.); recover or compose (oneself).
Origin:
1605–15
Can be confused:
re-collect,
recollect.
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to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.
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rec·ol·lect
/
ˌrɛk
əˈlɛkt
/
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[
rek-
uh
-
lekt
]
Show IPA
verb (used with object)
1.
to recall to mind; recover knowledge of by memory; remember.
2.
to absorb (oneself) in spiritual meditation, especially during prayer.
verb (used without object)
3.
to have a
recollection
;
remember.
Origin:
1550–60;
<
Medieval Latin
recollēctus,
past participle of
recolligere
to remember, recollect (
Latin:
to gather up again);
see
re-
,
collect
1
Related forms
rec·ol·lec·tive,
adjective
rec·ol·lec·tive·ly,
adverb
rec·ol·lec·tive·ness,
noun
mis·rec·ol·lect,
verb
non·rec·ol·lec·tive,
adjective
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self-rec·ol·lec·tive,
adjective
un·rec·ol·lec·tive,
adjective
COLLAPSE
Can be confused:
re-collect
,
recollect
.
Synonyms
1.
See
remember.
Antonyms
1.
forget.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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recollect
(ˌrɛkəˈlɛkt)
—
vb
(
when
tr, often takes a clause as object
) to recall from memory; remember
[C16: from Latin
recolligere
to gather again, from
re-
+
colligere
to
collect
1
]
recol'lective
—
adj
recol'lectively
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
recollect
1559, from L. recollectus, pp. of recolligere, lit. "to collect again," from re- "again" + colligere "gather" (see
collect
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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