Recollect

Meaning of Recollect

verb
  1. remember (something); call to mind.
    he could not quite recollect the reason
    ‘Can you recollect how he reacted?’

early 16th century (in the sense ‘gather’): from Latin recollect- ‘gathered back’, from the verb recolligere, from re- ‘back’ + colligere ‘collect’.

verb
  1. bring oneself back to a state of composure.
    he had a look round, recollected himself, and prepared for the day
  2. collect or gather together again.
    the blood is thence recollected dorsally into further arterial vessels

early 17th century: later form of recollect1, from re- ‘once more’ + the verb collect1.

noun

a member of a reformed branch of the Franciscan order, founded in France in the late 16th century.

from French récollet, from medieval Latin recollectus ‘gathered together’, expressing a notion of concentration, and absorption in thought.

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Hyphenation of Recollect

Recol-lect

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • Recollect is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Recollect synonyms

Meaning remember:

remember, retrieve, recall, think

Meaning be distressed, annoyed, or worried by:

mind

Recollect antonyms

Meaning fail to remember:

forget

Words that rhyme with Recollect

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