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recollect

Pronunciation: /ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/

The English word “recollect” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
  2. To collect (things) together again.
  3. To compose oneself.

Etymology

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

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