recollect

[rek-uh-lekt]

verb (used with object)

1. to recall to mind; recover knowledge of by memory; remember.

   Antonyms: forget

2. to absorb (oneself ) in spiritual meditation, especially during prayer.

verb (used without object)

1. to have a recollection; remember.

recollect

/ ˌrɛkəˈlɛkt /

verb

1. (when tr, often takes a clause as object) to recall from memory; remember

Other Word Forms

• recollective adjective
• recollectively adverb
• recollectiveness noun
• misrecollect verb
• nonrecollective adjective
• self-recollective adjective
• unrecollective adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of recollect¹

First recorded in 1550–60; from Medieval Latin recollēctus, past participle of recolligere “to remember, recollect” ( Latin: “to gather up again”); re-, collect ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of recollect¹

C16: from Latin recolligere to gather again, from _re- + colligere to _collect ¹

Synonym Study

See remember.

Example Sentences

She recollects fishing Vogue magazines out of trash cans around age 6 and feeling “a deep affinity” with the images on their pages.

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She recollects the first day she went in for training.

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"I'd consider it a good day if I go home and don't recollect any kind of aggressive behaviour towards the learner driver sat next to me," she says.

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There is excitement in her eyes, her blonde braids swing back and forth as she recollects villa drama, late-night group chats and fierce online skirmishes, like a war veteran sharing combat stories.

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“It was a very odd experience,” he recollects with a laugh.

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