RECOLLECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recollect mean? 

• RECOLLECT (verb)
  The verb RECOLLECT has 1 sense:

1. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

  Familiarity information: RECOLLECT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECOLLECT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they recollect    ... he / she / it recollects   
Past simple: recollected   
Past participle: recollected   
-ing form: recollecting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

call back; call up; recall; recollect; remember; retrieve; think

Context example:

call up memories

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recollect"):

know (perceive as familiar)

recognise; recognize (perceive to be the same)

brush up; refresh; review (refresh one's memory)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Derivation:

recollection (the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort))

recollective (good at remembering)

 Context examples 

Another circumstance very essential for her to know, was how long he meant to be in Bath; he had not mentioned it, or she could not recollect it.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

“Oh! I beg your pardon, sir. I did not immediately recollect. Undoubtedly if you wish it, I will endeavour to persuade them both.”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

My darling Blanche! recollect—I do—I recollect all you can suggest; and I must have my will—quick, Sam!

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I could not see him and my eldest sister in the same room without recollecting what you once told me, and I acknowledge that they did not meet as friends.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Whatever your business may be with me, it will be better recollected and explained to-morrow.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

I am only sorry it was not recollected sooner, that I might have written home.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

He does not exactly recollect the circumstances, though he has heard them from Mr. Darcy more than once, but he believes that it was left to him conditionally only.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

But recollecting how nearly he had lost her, he held her close, saying tenderly, with her cheek against his own, "I've got you safe, my Beth, and I'll keep you so, please God."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

My hand was lifted at her door to knock, when I recollected the smallness of the island.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He recollected something, dropped the burden, and trotted back to where he had left the ptarmigan.

(White Fang, by Jack London)