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recollect en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/ (UK)
  • /ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/ (US)
  • rĕ-kə-lĕktʹ (US)
  • rĕ-kə-lĕktʹ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin recollectus (“remembered, composed”), from Latin recolligo (“gather again, recover”).

Meanings

  1. To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
    • I recollect taking a very poor view of the apparently inadequate cabs of the Stirling engines, as compared with those of the Brighton; there were even to be seen at this time a number of the completely cabless Cudworths. 1957 July 14, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 458:
    • I remember the concert clearly, but I can't recollect why I had decided to go there.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
recollected Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
recollected Tense=Past lexicographic
recollects Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
recollecting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

recollector · recomember · unrecollected · misrecollect · recollectedness · recollectingly

Relateds

collect · recollection

Translations (53)

gd cuimhnich (to recall past events) · pl wspomnieć (to recall past events) · sv erinra sig (to recall past events) · cmn 回憶 /回忆 (to recall past events) · fi muistella (to recall past events) · cmn 想起 (to recall past events) · fr se rappeler (to recall past events) · da erindre (to recall past events) · pt lembrar (to recall past events) · ca rememorar (to recall past events) · la recordor (to recall past events) · gd meòraich (to recall past events) · de sich entsinnen (to recall past events) · ru вспо́мнить (to recall past events) · hu emlékezik (to recall past events) · cmn 追憶 /追忆 (to recall past events) · fi palauttaa mieleensä (to recall past events) · ja 思い起す (to recall past events) · pl przypominać sobie (to recall past events) · sv dra sig till minnes (to recall past events) · ja 想起する (to recall past events) · es rebobinar (to recall past events) · la meminī (to recall past events) · ja 思い出す (to recall past events) · pl przypomnieć sobie (to recall past events) · mi mahara (to recall past events) · la teneo (to recall past events) · gd bi cuimhne aig (to recall past events) · ca recordar (to recall past events) · nl zich herinneren (to recall past events) · pl wspominać (to recall past events) · de sich erinnern (to recall past events) · sv minnas (to recall past events) · hu emlékszik (to recall past events) · chr ᎠᏅᏓᏗᏍᏗ (to recall past events) · ar تَذَكَّرَ (to recall past events) · gl amentar (to recall past events) · sa स्मरति (to recall past events) · el αναπολώ (to recall past events) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌽 (to recall past events) · gl lembrar (to recall past events) · eo rememori (to recall past events) · sv komma ihåg (to recall past events) · cmn 回想 (to recall past events) · de gedenken (to recall past events) · pt recordar (to recall past events) · ru вспомина́ть (to recall past events) · fr se souvenir (to recall past events) · grc μιμνήσκομαι (to recall past events) · la reminiscor (to recall past events) · cmn 憶起 /忆起 (to recall past events) · bg спомням си (to recall past events) · grc μνημονεύω (to recall past events)

recollect en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ɹiːkəˈlɛkt/ (US)
  • /ɹiːkəˈlɛkt/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • rē-kə-lĕktʹ (UK)
  • rē-kə-lĕktʹ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English collect English recollect From re- + collect.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To collect (things) together again.
  2. To compose oneself.
    • The Tyrian queen […] Admir'd his fortunes, more admir'd the man; then re-collected stood. 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
    • The Major suddenly recollected himself, and withdrew his hand, and at the same time, threw himself into a chair. 1847, Newton Mallory Curtis, The Patrol of the Mountain, page 52:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
recollects Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
re-collect alternative lexicographic
recollected Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
recollected Tense=Past lexicographic
recollecting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic