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recollected Definition


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recollect
verb recollected, recollecting
    1a. To recall to memory;
      Thesaurus: recall, remember, reminisce on, remind oneself of, call up, call to mind, conjure up; Antonym: forget.
    1b. To remember, especially with an effort.
    2. To regain one's composure or resolution.
      Example: She recollected herself and tried to smile
      Form: recollect oneself (usually)
    3. To gather something together; to collect it again.
Derivative: recollected
adj
    Derivative: recollection
      The act or power of recollecting.
      A memory or reminiscence.
        Thesaurus: remembrance, memory, recall, reminiscence, impression.
      Something remembered.
    Derivative: recollective
    adj
      Derivative: recollectively
      adverb
        Etymology: 16c: from Latin recolligere, recolectum to gather up or collect.



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