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.
Webster's New World
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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.

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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Recollect

  • recollect (oneself)

Origin of 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

    From Wiktionary

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