re-collect
Americanverb (used with object)
-
to collect, gather, or assemble again (something scattered).
-
to rally (one's faculties, powers, spirits, etc.); recover or compose (oneself ).
Etymology
Origin of re-collect
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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 King lay for some moments silent, but evidently striving to re-collect his thoughts.
From Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
It required all the rest of the day to re-collect our party and to repair damages.
From Christopher Carson by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
Of course, since they had been worn by his mother, he would spare no expense or effort to trace and re-collect them, for that dim sainted memory's sake.
From The Brass Bowl by Vance, Louis Joseph
Wise, perhaps, in my generation, I stole away on hearing the General instructed to re-collect the troops, and got into the back quarters of the town.
From Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
