recollect
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.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
See Examples of RECOLLECT
- I've been trying to recollect what happened.
- I don't recollect telling him anything, but maybe I did.
- She couldn't recollect who had mentioned his name in the first place.
- 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
See Synonym Discussion at remember
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
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