Definition of Recolect
Rec`ol*lect" (r&ebreve;k`&obreve;l*l&ebreve;kt"),
v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Recollected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Recollecting.] [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 (r&ebreve;k"&obreve;l*l&ebreve;kt),
n. [See Recollet.] (Eccl.) A
friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans.
[Written also Recollet.] Addis & Arnold.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
RECOLLECT, v. To recall with additions something not previously
known.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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