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re-collect

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verb (2)

1
as in to contain
to gain emotional or mental control of she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery

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2
as in to retrieve
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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Thesaurus Entries Near recollect

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“Recollect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recollect. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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