English Explanatory Dictionary

recollect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
verb
  1. To collect (things) together again.
  2. To compose oneself.
noun
  1. A member of a French reform branch of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans.

Pronunciation

rĕ-kə-lĕktʹ /ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/ en-us-recollect.ogg rē-kə-lĕktʹ /ɹiːkəˈlɛkt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recollect (re-).wav

Word forms

recollect recollects recollecting recollected re-collect Recollet Récollet

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin recollectus (“remembered, composed”), from Latin recolligo (“gather again, recover”).

Related words

collect recollection

Derived words

misrecollect recollectedness recollectingly recollector recomember unrecollected
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