RECOLLECTED

Verb

recollected

simple past tense and past participle of recollect

Source: Wiktionary


RECOLLECT

Re`-col*lect", v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + collect.]

Definition: To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re- collect routed troops. God will one day raise the dead, re-collecting our scattered dust. Barrow.

Rec`ol*lect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recollected; imp. & p. p. Recollecting.] Etym: [Pref. re- + collect: cf. L. recolligere, recollectum, to collect. Cf. Recollet.]

1. To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.

2. Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect one's self after a burst of anger; -- sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle. The Tyrian queen . . . Admired his fortunes, more admired the man; Then recollected stood. Dryden.

Rec"ol*lect, n. Etym: [See Recollet.] (Eccl.)

Definition: A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans. [Written also Recollet.] Addis & Arnold.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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