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recollect

[ rek-uh-lekt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to recall to mind; recover knowledge of by memory; remember.

    Antonyms:

  2. to absorb (oneself ) in spiritual meditation, especially during prayer.


verb (used without object)

  1. to have a recollection; remember.

recollect

/ ˌɛəˈɛ /

verb

  1. when tr, often takes a clause as object to recall from memory; remember
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ𳦴DZˈ𳦳پ, adjective
  • ˌ𳦴DZˈ𳦳پly, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • o·t adjective
  • o·t·ly adverb
  • o·t·ness noun
  • r·DZ·𳦳 verb
  • ԴDzr·DZ·t adjective
  • self-o·t adjective
  • ܲr·DZ·t adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of recollect1

First recorded in 1550–60; from Medieval Latin 𳦴DZŧٳܲ, past participle of recolligere “to remember, recollect” ( Latin: “to gather up again”); re-, collect 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of recollect1

C16: from Latin recolligere to gather again, from re- + colligere to collect 1
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“Before the fire was even reported, I walked outside and I smelled the fire,” Dudelson says, recollecting details over the phone, with his girlfriend by his side to corroborate the account.

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Some might recollect that two of our last four presidents — George W. Bush and Donald Trump — claimed the White House despite losing the popular vote.

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As Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell recollected in a speech last month, “the good ship Transitory was a crowded one, with most mainstream analysts and advanced-economy central bankers on board.”

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Mark Macarro, chairman of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, recollected fellow Native Americans insisting that “Mission Indians” are not like other Indians because they don’t have treaties with the United States.

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"I had intended to use the dust only to heat up the drug carrying capsules," Jelena recollects.

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