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recollect

/ˌrɛkəˈlɛkt/

recollectverb

recollected

Past Simple

recollected

Past Participle

recollecting

Gerund

/ˌrɛkəˈlɛkt/

Translations

I often recollect my childhood days.

Я часто вспоминаю дни своего детства.

Can you recollect where you left your keys?

Можешь припомнить, где оставил свои ключи?

Additional translations

Definitions

To remember something; to recall to mind.

She tried to recollect the events of the previous night.

To gather or collect again.

The farmer had to recollect the scattered sheep after the storm.

To regain one's composure or calm; to collect oneself again.

He paused to recollect himself before answering.

Synonyms

think back

call to mind

bring to mind

recollectadjective

Used attributively to describe things relating to the Recollect orders.

Definitions

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Recollects (members of the reformed religious orders).

The archive preserves several Recollect chronicles from the 17th century.

recollectnoun

Definitions

A member of certain reformed Roman Catholic religious orders, especially the Reformed Franciscans or the Discalced Augustinians.

The Recollect guided visitors through the historic mission.