Recollect
Meaning of Recollect
- 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- bring oneself back to a state of composure.
he had a look round, recollected himself, and prepared for the day
- 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:
Recollect antonyms
Meaning fail to remember:
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