'Recollect' definitions:
Definition of 'recollect'
(from WordNet)
verb
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]
Definition of 'Recollect'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The Tyrian queen . . . Admired his fortunes, more admired the man; Then recollected stood. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Recollect'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'recollect'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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