recollected
Americanadjective
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calm; composed.
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remembered; recalled.
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characterized by or given to contemplation.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of recollected
First recorded in 1620–30; recollect, re-collect + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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Unfortunately, in their Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln, the historians Don and Virginia Fehrenbacher rate the words Pompeo spoke with a grade D: in other words, bogus.
From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2020
And in his early days of ushering, he’d once Recollected with a racoon who’d belonged to Pain, and quite frankly, he saw things he could not unsee.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Recollected every symptom of every patient he ever attended.
From Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose by Allen, Grant
O and naked of her, all dust, The majestic Mother and Nurse, Ringing cries to the God, the Just, Curled the land with the blight of her curse: Recollected of this glad isle Still quaking.
From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George
Recollected friends Memory may reproduce voices long ago silent.
From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Eddy, Mary Baker
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