recollect
Use Recollect in a sentence
kəˈlɛkt 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).
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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-, collect1
1550–60; < Medieval Latin recollēctus, past participle of recolligere to remember, recollect (Latin: to gather up again); see re-, collect1
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
Antonyms
1. forget.
1. forget.
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| recol'lective | |
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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).
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Example sentences
To recollect those and other images is to remember the strange courage of her vision.
They can infer that they have been doing something, been somewhere, even though they cannot recollect what or where.
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