Recollect Definition
A member of a French reform branch of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans.
- To become aware of one's immediate situation or purpose after a distraction:
recollected myself after the interruption.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Recollect
- recollect (oneself)
Origin of Recollect
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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
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From Medieval Latin recollectus (“remembered, composed"), from Latin recolligo (“gather again, recover")
From Wiktionary
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re- +"Ž collect
From Wiktionary
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