recollect
verb (used with object)
to recall to mind; recover knowledge of by memory; remember.
recollecting
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present participleof recollect.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Greene nearly swooned recollecting the interaction in an interview afterward.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2024
Like the Sto:lo, many Coast Salish groups in the Pacific Northwest have oral traditions recollecting dogs whose coiled undercoats were spun into fibers and woven into elaborately patterned blankets.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 13, 2023
Her style of hyperlinking in real time matches the hybrid way she works, reifying, refining and recollecting the thoughts that make a person up.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
Such was the nostalgia that they compiled more than 1,200 images and 400 contributors recollecting days of childhood freedom.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2022
Miss Kenton, I thought, became visibly happier when I talked about the house and soon we were recollecting together various old memories, frequently laughing over them.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
