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re-col⋅lec⋅tion

[ree-kuh-lek-shuhn]
–noun
the act of re-collecting or the state of being re-collected.

Origin:
1590–1600; re- + collection

rec⋅ol⋅lec⋅tion

[rek-uh-lek-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance.
2. something that is recollected: recollections of one's childhood.

Origin:
1635–45; < F récollection or ML recollēctiōn- (s. of recollēctiō), equiv. to recollēct(us) (see recollect ) + -iōn- -ion


1. recall. 1, 2. memory. 2. memoir.
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rec·ol·lec·tion   (rěk'ə-lěk'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act or power of recollecting.

  2. Something recollected.

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