recollect¹ /re-kə-lektˈ/

1. To recall to memory
2. To remember, esp by an effort
3. To absorb in mystical contemplation (archaic)
4. To recall to the matter in hand, or to composure or resolution (usu reflexive)

A Franciscan friar of a reformed branch, aiming at detachment from creatures and recollection in God

recollectˈed adjective

recollectˈedly adverb

recollectˈedness noun

recollecˈtion /rek-/ noun

1. The act or power of recollecting
2. A memory, reminiscence
3. A thing remembered
4. Mystical contemplation (archaic)

recollecˈtive adjective

recollecˈtively adverb

recollected terms plural noun (Shakespeare)

Variously explained as: known by heart, picked, studied, lacking spontaneity

recollect² or re-collect /rē-kə-lektˈ or -ko-/

1. To gather together again
2. To summon up
3. To bring back again (Milton)
4. To collect (obsolete)

• black snake
• black snakes
• black spot
• black spots
• Black Stone
• black stump
• black stumps
• black swan
• black swans
• black-tailed deer
• black tea
• blackthorn
• blackthorns
• black tie
• black ties
• blacktop
• blacktopped
• blacktopping
• blacktops
• black treacle
• black up
• bucku
• buck up
• buckus
• buck-wagon