recollect

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recollect^¹

/ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/ UK
/ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/ US

Rhymes with -ɛkt

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

verb recollects · recollecting · recollected

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.

recollect^²

/ɹiːkəˈlɛkt/ UK
/ɹiːkəˈlɛkt/ US

Rhymes with -ɛkt

verb recollects · recollecting · recollected · re-collect

obsolete, transitive To collect (things) together again.
To compose oneself. The Tyrian queen […] Admir'd his fortunes, more admir'd the man; then re-collected stood.

Recollect^³

noun Recollects · Recollet · Récollet

A member of a French reform branch of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans.

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verb to recall past events

Español	rebobinar
日本語	思い出す omoidasu, 思い起す omoiokosu, 想起する sōki suru
中文	回憶 /回忆 huíyì, 追憶 /追忆 zhuīyì, 想起 xiǎngqǐ, 回想 huíxiǎng, 憶起 /忆起 yìqǐ
Português	recordar, lembrar
Français	se souvenir, se rappeler
Deutsch	sich erinnern, sich entsinnen, gedenken
Ελληνικά	αναπολώ anapoló
Русский	вспомина́ть vspominátʹ, вспо́мнить vspómnitʹ
العربية	تَذَكَّرَ taḏakkara

noun a member of a French reform branch of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans

Français	récollet

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@misc{recollect_2026,
  title = {recollect},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/recollect},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}