Recollect /(rĕk`ŏl*lĕkt")/
Rec·ol·lect
Recollect
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Recollected; p. pr. & vb. n. Recollecting
- To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.
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Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect one's self after a burst of anger; -- sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle.
The Tyrian queen . . . Admired his fortunes, more admired the man; Then recollected stood.
Recollect
n.
- A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans. (Eccl.)