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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rec•ol•lect /ˌrɛkəˈlɛkt/USA pronunciation v. [not: be + ~-ing]- to remember;
recall: [~ + object]Can you recollect the password?[~ + clause]After that I don't recollect what happened.[no object]Sorry, I simply can't recollect.
See -lec-. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: recollect /ˌrɛkəˈlɛkt/ vb - (when tr, often takes a clause as object) to recall from memory; remember
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin recolligere to gather again, from re- + colligere to collect1ˌrecolˈlective adj ˌrecolˈlectively adv WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re-col•lect (rē′kə lekt′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to collect, gather, or assemble again (something scattered).
- to rally (one's faculties, powers, spirits, etc.);
recover or compose (oneself ). rec•ol•lect (rek′ə lekt′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to recall to mind;
recover knowledge of by memory; remember. - to absorb (oneself ) in spiritual meditation, esp. during prayer.
v.i. - to have a recollection;
remember.
- Medieval Latin recollēctus, past participle of recolligere to remember, recollect (Latin: to gather up again); see re-, collect1
- 1550–60
rec′ol•lec′tive, adj. rec′ol•lec′tive•ly, adv. rec′ol•lec′tive•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See remember.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged forget.
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