re-collect

re–collect

verb

Definition of RE-COLLECT

1

to gain emotional or mental control of <she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery>

Synonyms calm, compose, contain, control, re-collect, settle

Related Words hold back, restrain; rally, recover; lull, quiet, soothe, still, tranquilize (also tranquillize)

2

to get again in one's possession <I struggled to re-collect the papers the wind had torn from my hands>

Synonyms get back, reacquire, recapture, reclaim, re-collect, recoup, regain, repossess, retake, retrieve

Related Words recruit, replenish; redeem, repurchase; rescue

Near Antonyms lose, mislay, misplace