recollect

American  

[rek-uh-lekt] / ˌrɛk əˈlɛkt /

verb (used with object)

1. to recall to mind; recover knowledge of by memory; remember.

   Antonyms:

   forget

2. to absorb (oneself ) in spiritual meditation, especially during prayer.

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verb (used without object)

1. to have a recollection; remember.

recollect British  

/ ˌrɛkəˈlɛkt /

verb

1. (when tr, often takes a clause as object) to recall from memory; remember

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Related Words

See remember.

Other Word Forms

• misrecollect verb
• nonrecollective adjective
• recollective adjective
• recollectively adverb
• recollectiveness noun
• self-recollective adjective
• unrecollective adjective

Etymology

Origin of recollect

First recorded in 1550–60; from Medieval Latin recollēctus, past participle of recolligere “to remember, recollect” ( Latin: “to gather up again”); re-, collect ¹

Example Sentences

Chef Suvir Saran recollects how his restaurant in New York began infusing naan with spinach, gouda and mushrooms.

From BBC

I recollect that my mother left her jewelry box and its contents to me.

From MarketWatch

“I’m an old guy, right? I’m not old, but I’m old,” Robert Plant offers up, recollecting a charmed musical life that began in 1960s England in his early teens.

From Los Angeles Times

Given what’s recollected in director Michael Pack’s documentary, it seems that very little will ever be forgotten, certainly not by those who fought the battles.

From The Wall Street Journal

She recollects fishing Vogue magazines out of trash cans around age 6 and feeling “a deep affinity” with the images on their pages.

From Los Angeles Times