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Webster 1913 Edition


Recollect

Recˊol-lect′

(rĕkˊŏl-lĕkt′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Recollected
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Recollecting
.]
[Pref.
re-
+
collect
: cf. L.
recolligere
,
recollectum
, to collect. Cf.
Recollet
.]
1.
To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.
2.
Reflexively, to compose one’s self; to recover self-command;
as, to
recollect
one's self after a burst of anger
; – sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle.
The Tyrian queen . . .
Admired his fortunes, more admired the man;
Then
recollected
stood.
Dryden.

Rec′ol-lect

(rĕk′ŏl-lĕkt)
,
Noun.
[See
Recollet
.]
(Eccl.)
A friar of the Strict Observance, – an order of Franciscans.
[Written also
Recollet
.]
Addis & Arnold.

Webster 1828 Edition


Recollect

RECOLLECT'

,
Verb.
T.
[re and collect; L. recolligo, recollectus.]
1.
To collect again; applied to ideas that have escaped from the memory; to recover or call back ideas to the memory. I recollect what was said at a former interview; or I cannot recollect what was said.
2.
To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory. I met a man whom I thought I had seen before, but I could not recollect his name or the place where I had seen him. I do not recollect you, sir.
3.
To recover resolution or composure of mind.
The Tyrian queen admir'd his fortunes, more admir'd the man, then recollected stood.
[In this sense, collected is more generally used.]

Definition 2024


Recollect

Recollect

See also: recollect

English

Alternative forms

Noun

Recollect (plural Recollects)

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

Translations

recollect

recollect

See also: Recollect

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: rĕ-kə-lĕktʹ, IPA(key): /ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/
  • (US) enPR: rĕ-kə-lĕktʹ, IPA(key): /rɛkəˈlɛkt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkt

Verb

recollect (third-person singular simple present recollects, present participle recollecting, simple past and past participle recollected)

  1. To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
    I remember the concert clearly, but I can't recollect why I was there.
Translations

Etymology 2

re- + collect

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: rē-kə-lĕktʹ, IPA(key): /ɹiːkəˈlɛkt/
  • (US) enPR: rē-kə-lĕktʹ, IPA(key): /riːkəˈlɛkt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkt

Verb

recollect (third-person singular simple present recollects, present participle recollecting, simple past and past participle recollected)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To collect (things) together again.
  2. To compose oneself.
    • Dryden
      The Tyrian queen [] Admired his fortunes, more admired the man; then recollected stood.
    • 1847, Newton Mallory Curtis, The Patrol of the Mountain (page 52)
      The Major suddenly recollected himself, and withdrew his hand, and at the same time, threw himself into a chair.