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
After this brief and brilliant excursion she had put back to Charleston to dispose of her prizes, re-collect her prize crews, and land her prisoners.
From For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
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)
"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
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