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present tense third-person singular of recollect
Synonyms & Antonyms of recollects
(Entry 1 of 2)
to bring back to mind
- I can't recollect if I turned the stove off or not before leaving the house
Synonyms for recollects
- flashes back (to),
- harkens back (to),
- harks back (to),
- hearkens back (to)
- (or harkens back (to)),
- minds
- [chiefly dialect],
- recalls,
- remembers,
- reminisces (about),
- reproduces,
- thinks (of)
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re-collects
verb (2)present tense third-person singular of re-collect
Synonyms & Antonyms of re-collects (Entry 2 of 2)
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 for re-collects
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- lulls,
- quiets,
- soothes,
- stills,
- tranquilizes
- (also tranquillizes)
2
to get again in one's possession
- I struggled to re-collect the papers the wind had torn from my hands
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