recollect

[ rek-uh-lekt ]
/ ˌrɛk əˈlɛkt /
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verb (used with object)

to recall to mind; recover knowledge of by memory; remember.
to absorb (oneself) in spiritual meditation, especially during prayer.

verb (used without object)

to have a recollection; remember.

Origin of recollect

1550–60; < Medieval Latin recollēctus, past participle of recolligere to remember, recollect (Latin: to gather up again); see re-, collect1

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British Dictionary definitions for misrecollect

recollect
/ (ˌrɛkəˈlɛkt) /

verb

(when tr, often takes a clause as object) to recall from memory; remember

Derived forms of recollect

recollective, adjective recollectively, adverb

Word Origin for recollect

C16: from Latin recolligere to gather again, from re- + colligere to collect 1