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
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Examples of recollect in a Sentence
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.
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Across the road is the Power Hall which houses engines of all shapes and sizes, recollecting Manchester’s industrial history.
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Origin and Etymology of recollect
Medieval Latin recollectus, past participle of recolligere, from Latin, to gather again
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