re-collect
Americanverb (used with object)
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to collect, gather, or assemble again (something scattered).
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to rally (one's faculties, powers, spirits, etc.); recover or compose (oneself ).
Etymology
Origin of re-collect
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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And why didn’t the refs call a foul when Bryce Brown grabbed Jerome’s jersey as Jerome was trying to re-collect the ball just before he double-dribbled?
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2019
The earth was torn up everywhere—a few lucky hits had sufficed to re-collect a good many diggers there, and they were working vigorously.
From A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 by Ellen Clacy
The Goths will have plenty of time to re-collect their forces.
From A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Felix Dahn
The greatest men have known a period of prostration in calamity: it was enough for honour that they should rally and re-collect their forces.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by G. A. Chadwick
The King lay for some moments silent, but evidently striving to re-collect his thoughts.
From Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
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