Associations to the word «Recollect»

Wiktionary

RECOLLECT, verb. To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
RECOLLECT, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To collect (things) together again.
RECOLLECT, verb. To compose oneself.
RECOLLECT, noun. A member of a French reform branch of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans.

Dictionary definition

RECOLLECT, verb. Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats