recollect

Verb

US[rek-uh-lekt]/ˌrɛkəˈlɛkt/3 syllablesalso [ree-kuh-lekt] /ˌrikəˈlɛkt/

Synonyms: remember retrieve recall call back call up think

Open English WordNet

Verb (1)recollected, recollecting

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection“I can't remember saying any such thing”“I can't think what her last name was”“can you remember her phone number?”“Do you remember that he once loved you?”“call up memories”Synonyms: remember retrieve recall call back call up thinkMore general think, cogitateMore specific recognize, review, know

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Rec′ol·lect′ (rĕk′ŏl-lĕkt′), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Recollected; present participle & verbal noun Recollecting.]

Origin: 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.— John Dryden

Rec′ol·lect (rĕk′ŏl-lĕkt), noun

Origin: See Recollet.

Church A friar of the Strict Observance, — an order of Franciscans. [Written also Recollet.] William E., and Arnold, Thomas. Addis

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

The Devil's Dictionary

RECOLLECT, v. To recall with additions something not previously known.