English Dictionary: recollect | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Recollect \Rec"ol*lect\, n. [See {Recollet}.] (Eccl.) A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans. [Written also {Recollet}.] --Addis & Arnold. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Re-collect \Re`-col*lect"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + collect.] To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops. God will one day raise the dead, re-collecting our scattered dust. --Barrow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Recollect \Rec`ol*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recollected}; imp. & p. p. {Recollecting}.] [Pref. re- + collect: cf. L. recolligere, recollectum, to collect. Cf. {Recollet}.] 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 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. --Dryden. |