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View synonyms for recollect
recollect
[ rek-uh-lekt ]
verb (used with object)
- to recall to mind; recover knowledge of by memory; remember.
Antonyms: forget
- to absorb (oneself ) in spiritual meditation, especially during prayer.
verb (used without object)
- to have a recollection; remember.
recollect
/ ˌrɛkəˈlɛkt /
verb
- when tr, often takes a clause as object to recall from memory; remember
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Derived Forms
- ˌrecolˈlective, adjective
- ˌrecolˈlectively, adverb
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Other Words From
- recol·lective adjective
- recol·lective·ly adverb
- recol·lective·ness noun
- misrec·ol·lect verb
- nonrec·ol·lective adjective
- self-recol·lective adjective
- unrec·ol·lective adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of recollect1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of recollect1
C16: from Latin recolligere to gather again, from re- + colligere to collect 1
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Synonym Study
See remember.
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Example Sentences
I stooped down and asked him how he felt himself, but he made no answer, and evidently did not recollect me.
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They buried her body in the Recollect convent, with the greatest pomp possible.
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He does not recollect the duty the engine performed with the cylindrical boilers.
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We recollect sharing in the despondency, and even despair, which paralysed our party.
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Hartledon sent his thoughts back, endeavouring to recollect what could have given rise to this charge.
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