Recollect Definition

rĕkə-lĕkt

recollected, recollecting, recollects

verb

recollected, recollecting, recollects

To call back to mind; recall; remember, esp. with some effort.

Webster's New World

To have a recollection; remember.

Webster's New World

To recall to (oneself) something temporarily forgotten.

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noun

A member of a French reform branch of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans.

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idiom

recollect (oneself)

To become aware of one's immediate situation or purpose after a distraction:
recollected myself after the interruption.

American Heritage

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Recollect

Medieval Latin recolligere recollēct- from Latin to gather up re- re- colligere to collect collect¹

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Medieval Latin recollectus (“remembered, composed"), from Latin recolligo (“gather again, recover")

From Wiktionary
re- +"Ž collect

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