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
"I dare say," said my lord, "you are very sorry you did not re-collect it."
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 372, May 30, 1829 by Various
When his household cares obliged the ministrant to leave her room, Nydia began to re-collect her thoughts.
From Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
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
He tells us, we cannot so speedily re-collect ourselves, after a Scene of great Passion and Concernment, as to pass to another of Mirth and Humour, and to enjoy it with any relish.
From An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments by Professor Thomas Seccombe Arber
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