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rec·ol·lect

(rĕk′ə-lĕkt′)
v. rec·ol·lect·ed, rec·ol·lect·ing, rec·ol·lects
v.tr.
To use one's memory to become aware of (something); recall to mind.
v.intr.
To remember something; have a recollection.
Idiom:
recollect (oneself)
To become aware of one's immediate situation or purpose after a distraction: recollected myself after the interruption.

[Medieval Latin recolligere, recollēct-, from Latin, to gather up : re-, re- + colligere, to collect; see collect1.]

rec′ol·lec′tive adj.
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recollect

(ˌrɛkəˈlɛkt)
vb
(when tr, often takes a clause as object) to recall from memory; remember
[C16: from Latin recolligere to gather again, from re- + colligere to collect1]
ˌrecolˈlective adj
ˌrecolˈlectively adv

Recollect

(ˈrekəˌlekt)
n
(Roman Catholic Church) a member of a former Franciscan order of monks established in 16th-century France
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re-col•lect

(ˌri kəˈlɛkt)

v.t.
1. to collect, gather, or assemble again (something scattered).
2. to recover or compose (oneself).
[1605–15]
re`-col•lec′tion, n.

rec•ol•lect

(ˌrɛk əˈlɛkt)

v.t., v.i.
to remember; recall.
[1550–60; < Medieval Latin recollēctus, past participle of recolligere to remember, recollect (Latin: to gather up again); see re-, collect 1]
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recollect


Past participle: recollected
Gerund: recollecting

Imperative
recollect
recollect
Present
I recollect
you recollect
he/she/it recollects
we recollect
you recollect
they recollect
Preterite
I recollected
you recollected
he/she/it recollected
we recollected
you recollected
they recollected
Present Continuous
I am recollecting
you are recollecting
he/she/it is recollecting
we are recollecting
you are recollecting
they are recollecting
Present Perfect
I have recollected
you have recollected
he/she/it has recollected
we have recollected
you have recollected
they have recollected
Past Continuous
I was recollecting
you were recollecting
he/she/it was recollecting
we were recollecting
you were recollecting
they were recollecting
Past Perfect
I had recollected
you had recollected
he/she/it had recollected
we had recollected
you had recollected
they had recollected
Future
I will recollect
you will recollect
he/she/it will recollect
we will recollect
you will recollect
they will recollect
Future Perfect
I will have recollected
you will have recollected
he/she/it will have recollected
we will have recollected
you will have recollected
they will have recollected
Future Continuous
I will be recollecting
you will be recollecting
he/she/it will be recollecting
we will be recollecting
you will be recollecting
they will be recollecting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been recollecting
you have been recollecting
he/she/it has been recollecting
we have been recollecting
you have been recollecting
they have been recollecting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been recollecting
you will have been recollecting
he/she/it will have been recollecting
we will have been recollecting
you will have been recollecting
they will have been recollecting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been recollecting
you had been recollecting
he/she/it had been recollecting
we had been recollecting
you had been recollecting
they had been recollecting
Conditional
I would recollect
you would recollect
he/she/it would recollect
we would recollect
you would recollect
they would recollect
Past Conditional
I would have recollected
you would have recollected
he/she/it would have recollected
we would have recollected
you would have recollected
they would have recollected
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb 1. recollect - recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
know - perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!"
recognize, recognise - perceive to be the same
brush up, refresh, review - refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test"
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recollect

verb remember, mind (dialect), recall, reminisce, summon up, call to mind, place She spoke with warmth when she recollected the doctor who had treated her.
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recollect

verb
To renew an image or thought in the mind:
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Translations
يَتَذّكَّر، يَسْتَجْمِع الذّاكِرَه
vzpomenout si
mindes
emlékezikvisszaemlékezik
muna
atcerēties

recollect

[ˌrekəˈlekt]
B. VIrecordar, acordarse
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recollect

[ˌrɛkəˈlɛkt] vtse rappeler, se souvenir de
to recollect (that) ... → se rappeler que ..., se souvenir que ...
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recollect

vtsich erinnern an (+acc), → sich entsinnen (+gen)
visich erinnern, sich entsinnen ; as far as I can recollectsoweit ich mich erinnern kann
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recollect

[ˌrɛkəˈlɛkt] vtrammentare, ricordare
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recollect

(rekəˈlekt) verb
to remember. I don't recollect having seen him before. onthou يَتَذّكَّر، يَسْتَجْمِع الذّاكِرَه спомням си relembrar vzpomenout si sich erinnern mindes θυμάμαι recordar, acordarse de mäletama به یاد آوردن؛ به خاطر آوردن muistaa se souvenir de לִזכּוֹר याद करना, मन लगाना, होश में आना sjetiti se, dozvati u pamet (vissza)emlékezik mengingat muna ricordarsi 思い出す 상기하다 prisiminti atcerēties ingat zich herinneren huske, minnes przypominać sobie په ياد راوړنه lembrar-se a-şi aminti (de) вспоминать spomenúť si spomniti se sećati se erinra sig, komma ihåg, minnas ระลึก hatırlamak 記得 згадувати یاد کرنا nhớ 回忆
ˌrecolˈlection (-ʃən) noun
1. the act or power of recollecting. vermoë om te onthou تَذَكُّر спомняне lembrança paměť die Erinnerung minde; erindring μνήμη, ανάκληση στη μνήμη memoria mäletamine یاد آوری muistaminen mémoire זכירה होश में आने की क्रिया ponovno skupljanje (sabiranje) emlékezés ingatan minning, upprifjun memoria 記憶力 명상 prisiminimas, atmintis atmiņa ingatan herinnering erindring, hukommelse, minne przypominanie sobie, pamięć راپه زړه كيدل، په يادراوړل، ياديدل، په يادول، راغونډول، بيا راټولول، بياراټوليدل، راغونډيدل lembrança memorie память pamäť spomin sećanje hågkomst, minne การระลึก hatırlama 記得,記憶力 пам'ять باز خوانی sự nhớ lại 记忆力,回忆
2. something that is remembered. My book is called `Recollections of Childhood'. herinnering ذِكْرى спомен recordação vzpomínka die Erinnerung minde ανάμνηση recuerdo mälestus خاطره؛ muisto souvenir זיכרון याद की जाने वाली चीजें uspomena, sjećanje emlék kenangan endurminning ricordo 回想 추억 prisiminimas atmiņas peringatan herinnering erindring, minne wspomnienie ياديدل recordação amintire воспоминания spomienka spomin sećanje hågkomst, minne สิ่งซึ่งอยู่ในความทรงจํา anı, hatıra 往事,回憶 спогад; мемуари یاد گار sự nhớ lại 回忆录
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This greatly annoyed him, and recollecting that he was not aquatic, he stopped and shouted across the waves' tumultous roar:
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It was absolutely necessary, therefore, to think of something, and in this emergence recollecting WHEN she had seen him last in Hertfordshire, and feeling curious to know what he would say on the subject of their hasty departure, she observed:
how doth ille optimus omnium patronus ?"--"I find," said Jones, "you do indeed know me; but I have not the like happiness of recollecting you."--"I do not wonder at that," cries Benjamin; "but I am surprized I did not know you sooner, for you are not in the least altered.
In short, it is a kind of thing that"--lowering his voice to an important whisper--"will be exceedingly welcome to ALL PARTIES." Recollecting himself, however, he added, "That is, I mean to say--your friends are all truly anxious to see you well settled; Fanny particularly, for she has your interest very much at heart, I assure you.
The pictures of the martyrs would be displayed in every street all across the country, he said, adding great nations always kept recollecting the sacrifices of the martyrs.
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Recollecting the time he was RSS worker, Qamar said: "When I first tied rakhi to Narendra bhai, he was a karyakarta but with his sheer hard work and vision, he has become the PM," she said.
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