recollect

rec·ol·lect

verb \ˌre-kə-ˈlekt\

Definition of RECOLLECT

transitive verb

1

: to bring back to the level of conscious awareness : remember <trying to recollect the name>

2

: to remind (oneself) of something temporarily forgotten

intransitive verb

: to call something to mind

Examples of RECOLLECT

1. I've been trying to recollect what happened.
2. I don't recollect telling him anything, but maybe I did.
3. She couldn't recollect who had mentioned his name in the first place.
4. From what I recollect, they said four of them were coming.

Origin of RECOLLECT

Medieval Latin recollectus, past participle of recolligere, from Latin, to gather again

First Known Use: 1559

Related to RECOLLECT

Synonyms: flash back (to), hark back (to), harken back (to), hearken back (to), mind [chiefly dialect], recall, remember, reminisce (about), reproduce, think (of)

Antonyms: disremember, forget, unlearn

Related Words: recapture, recur; educe, elicit, evoke, extract, raise, remind; relive; represent

Near Antonyms: misremember; disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook; lose, miss; blank (out)

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Rhymes with RECOLLECT

acrolect, architect, birth defect, circumspect, deselect, dialect, disaffect, disconnect, disinfect, disrespect, edge effect, genuflect, grapholect, incorrect, indirect, in effect, intellect, interject, intersect, introject, introspect, lake effect, misdirect, preselect, re-collect, redirect, reelect, resurrect, retrospect, self-respect, side effect, turtlenecked, vivisect