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Definition of Recollect
1. Verb. Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection. "They won't recollect the story "; "Call up memories"
Specialized synonyms: Know, Recognise, Recognize, Brush Up, Refresh, Review
Derivative terms: Recall, Recollection, Recollective, Remembering, Remembrance, Retrieval, Think, Thought
Antonyms: Forget
Also: Think Back
Definition of Recollect
1. v. t. To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re- collect routed troops.
2. v. t. To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.
3. n. A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans.
Definition of Recollect
1. Verb. To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To collect (things) together again. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Recollect
1. collect [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: collect
Medical Definition of Recollect
1. A friar of the Strict Observance, an order of Franciscans. Alternative forms: Recollet. See: Recollet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recollect
Literary usage of Recollect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... recollect, killed by Kickapoos, Illinois. 1680 Twenty-two Franciscans killed
in general massacre by revolted Pueblos, New Mexico, and Arizona, viz. ..."
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