Recollect
11recollect — rec|ol|lect [ˌrekəˈlekt] v [T] to be able to remember something ▪ All I recollect is a grey sky. recollect that ▪ She recollected sadly that she and Ben used to laugh a lot. recollect how/when/what etc ▪ Can you recollect how your brother… …
12recollect — verb (T) old fashioned to be able to remember something, especially by deliberately trying to remember: As far as I recollect, I have never owned a black suit. | recollect how/when/what etc: Davenport tried to recollect when he had last used his… …
13recollect — UK [ˌrekəˈlekt] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms recollect : present tense I/you/we/they recollect he/she/it recollects present participle recollecting past tense recollected past participle recollected to remember something that… …
14recollect — [16] Recollect originated in Latin as recolligere, a compound verb formed from the prefix re ‘again’ and colligere ‘gather’ (source of English collect). At first it simply meant literally ‘gather again’, but in the post classical period it was… …
15recollect — recollect1 [ˌrɛkə lɛkt] verb remember (something). Origin C16: from L. recollect , recolligere gather back , from re back + colligere collect . recollect2 [ˌri:kə lɛkt] verb 1》 (recollect oneself) compose oneself. 2》 rare collect again …
16recollect — [16] Recollect originated in Latin as recolligere, a compound verb formed from the prefix re ‘again’ and colligere ‘gather’ (source of English collect). At first it simply meant literally ‘gather again’, but in the post classical period it was… …
17recollect — verb Etymology: Medieval Latin recollectus, past participle of recolligere, from Latin, to gather again Date: 1559 transitive verb 1. to bring back to the level of conscious awareness ; remember < trying to recollect the name > 2. to remind… …
18recollect — recollective, adj. recollectively, adv. recollectiveness, n. /rek euh lekt /, v.t. 1. to recall to mind; recover knowledge of by memory; remember. 2. to absorb (oneself) in spiritual meditation, esp. during prayer. v.i. 3. to have a recollection; …
19recollect — rec|ol|lect [ ,rekə lekt ] verb intransitive or transitive to remember something that has happened: I really don t recollect now what our argument was about …
20recollect — [[t]re̱kəle̱kt[/t]] recollects, recollecting, recollected VERB If you recollect something, you remember it. [V n] Ramona spoke with warmth when she recollected the doctor who used to be at the county hospital... [V that] His efforts, the Duke… …
