recollect
verb (used with object)
to recall to mind; recover knowledge of by memory; remember.
had recollected
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past perfectof recollect.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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There was a tap at his door, and when he arose and opened it, Mrs. Hicks handed in a pitcher of hot water and inquired "if he had recollected to knock upon the floor?"
From The Battle Ground by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
He was saved from telling fibs in reply—for he had recollected the railway-carriage, and left it, as it were, for Mr. Harrisson—by Sally continuing: "When you were Mr. Fenwick, and I wasn't at liberty to kiss you."
From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan
Punch was beginning to breathe again, but to his horror the officer marched back into the room, for he had recollected himself.
From !Tention A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War by Charles Mills Sheldon
Mr Allworthy, in his last speech, had recollected some tender ideas concerning Jones, which had brought tears into the good man's eyes.
From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
During the brief walk to and from the inn he had recollected the girl's age, her surroundings, the cramping influences of existence in a society of middle-class City folk.
From The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Louis Tracy
