Recollect
Pronunciation : Rec`ol*lect"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Pref. re- + collect: cf. L. recolligere, recollectum, to collect. Cf. Recollet.]
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Recollected; imp. & p. p. Recollecting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Rec"ol*lect
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Recollet.] (Eccl.)
Definition : Defn: A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans. [Written also Recollet.] Addis & Arnold.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913