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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
recollect
    v 1: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't
         remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her
         last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do
         you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
         [syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call
         up, recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block,
         draw a blank, forget]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Recollect \Rec"ol*lect\ (r[e^]k"[o^]l*l[e^]kt), n. [See
   Recollet.] (Eccl.)
   A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans.
   [Written also Recollet.] --Addis & Arnold.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Re-collect \Re`-col*lect"\ (r[=e]`k[o^]l*l[e^]kt"), v. t. [Pref.
   re- + collect.]
   To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to
   re-collect routed troops.
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         God will one day raise the dead, re-collecting our
         scattered dust.                          --Barrow.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Recollect \Rec`ol*lect"\ (r[e^]k`[o^]l*l[e^]kt"), v. t. [imp. &
   p. p. Recollected; p. pr. & vb. n. Recollecting.] [Pref.
   re- + collect: cf. L. recolligere, recollectum, to collect.
   Cf. Recollet.]
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   1. To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to
      the mind or memory; to remember.
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   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.
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            The Tyrian queen . . .
            Admired his fortunes, more admired the man;
            Then recollected stood.               --Dryden.
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5. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
RECOLLECT, v.  To recall with additions something not previously
known.


Thesaurus Results for Recollect:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
arouse, awaken, bring back, bring to mind, call back, call to mind, call up, cite, conjure up, evoke, go back, go back over, hark back, look back, mind, rally, recall, recall to mind, recapture, reevoke, reflect, remember, remind, reminisce, retain, retrace, retrospect, review, review in retrospect, revive, rouse, see in retrospect, stir, summon up, think back, think of, use hindsight, waken
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