recollect

See also: Recollect

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin recollectus (“remembered, composed”), from Latin recolligo (“gather again, recover”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: rĕ-kə-lĕktʹ, IPA^(key): /ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/
• (US) enPR: rĕ-kə-lĕktʹ, IPA^(key): /ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Verb

recollect (third-person singular simple present recollects, present participle recollecting, simple past and past participle recollected)

1. To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.

   I remember the concert clearly, but I can't recollect why I had decided to go there.

Related terms

• collect
• recollection

Translations

to recall past events

Arabic: تَذَكَّرَ (taḏakkara) Bulgarian: спомням си (spomnjam si) Catalan: recordar (ca), rememorar (ca) Cherokee: ᎠᏅᏓᏗᏍᏗ (anvdadisdi) Chinese: Mandarin: 回憶 / 回忆 (zh) (huíyì), 追憶 / 追忆 (zh) (zhuīyì), 想起 (zh) (xiǎngqǐ), 回想 (zh) (huíxiǎng), 憶起 / 忆起 (zh) (yìqǐ) Danish: erindre Dutch: zich herinneren Esperanto: rememori Finnish: muistella (fi), palauttaa mieleensä French: se souvenir (fr), se rappeler (fr) Galician: amentar (gl), lembrar (gl) German: sich erinnern (de), sich entsinnen (de), gedenken (de) Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌽 (gamunan) Greek: αναπολώ (el) (anapoló) Ancient: μιμνήσκομαι (mimnḗskomai), μνημονεύω (mnēmoneúō) Hungarian: emlékezik (hu), emlékszik (hu) Japanese: 思い出す (ja) (おもいだす, omoidasu), 思い起す (おもいおこす, omoiokosu), 想起する (ja) (そうきする, sōki suru) Latin: meminī, recordor, teneo (la), reminiscor Maori: mahara Portuguese: recordar (pt), lembrar (pt) Russian: вспомина́ть (ru) impf (vspominátʹ), вспо́мнить (ru) pf (vspómnitʹ) Sanskrit: स्मरति (smárati) Scottish Gaelic: cuimhnich, meòraich, bi cuimhne aig Spanish: recordar (es), rebobinar (es) Swedish: erinra sig (sv), minnas (sv), dra sig till minnes (sv), komma ihåg (sv)

Etymology 2

From re- +‎ collect.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: rē-kə-lĕktʹ, IPA^(key): /ɹiːkəˈlɛkt/
• (US) enPR: rē-kə-lĕktʹ, IPA^(key): /ɹiːkəˈlɛkt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Verb

recollect (third-person singular simple present recollects, present participle recollecting, simple past and past participle recollected)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To collect (things) together again.
2. To compose oneself.
   • 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     The Tyrian queen […] Admir'd his fortunes, more admir'd the man; then re-collected stood.

   • 1847, Newton Mallory Curtis, The Patrol of the Mountain, page 52:

     The Major suddenly recollected himself, and withdrew his hand, and at the same time, threw himself into a chair.

Anagrams

• collecter