re-collect
/ˌrēkəˈlekt
/verb [with object]
Collect or gather again: after re-collecting our apples for the second time, Bruno brought us a couple of nice sturdy sacks...
- But he has focused on his Vietnam years almost exclusively, and waved his thrown and apparently re-collected medals around like a magic talisman to ward off all criticisms.
- Much of this material could never be re-collected because it has come from members of seed-collection organizations who have since passed away and from areas in countries that are now involved in civil strife.
- Forty-five species represented by herbarium specimens or reported in the literature as occurring in Pike County were not re-collected during this study.
Origin
Early 17th century: later form of recollect1, from re- 'once more' + the verb collect1.