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Webster 1913 Edition
Recollect
Recˊol-lect′
(rĕkˊŏl-lĕkt′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Recollected
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Recollecting
.] 1.
To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.
2.
Reflexively, to compose one’s self; to recover self-command;
as, to
; – sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle. recollect
one's self after a burst of angerThe Tyrian queen . . .
Admired his fortunes, more admired the man;
Then
Admired his fortunes, more admired the man;
Then
recollected
stood. Dryden.
Rec′ol-lect
(rĕk′ŏl-lĕkt)
, Noun.
[See
Recollet
.] (Eccl.)
A friar of the Strict Observance, – an order of Franciscans.
[Written also
Recollet
.] Addis & Arnold.
Webster 1828 Edition
Recollect
RECOLLECT'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To collect again; applied to ideas that have escaped from the memory; to recover or call back ideas to the memory. I recollect what was said at a former interview; or I cannot recollect what was said.2.
To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory. I met a man whom I thought I had seen before, but I could not recollect his name or the place where I had seen him. I do not recollect you, sir.3.
To recover resolution or composure of mind.The Tyrian queen admir'd his fortunes, more admir'd the man, then recollected stood.
[In this sense, collected is more generally used.]