recollect
/ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
noun
A member of a French reform branch of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans.
Example Sentences
- "I remember the concert clearly, but I can't recollect why I had decided to go there."
- "I recollect taking a very poor view of the apparently inadequate cabs of the Stirling engines, as compared with those of the Brighton; there were even to be seen at this time a number of the completely cabless Cudworths."
- "The Tyrian queen […] Admir'd his fortunes, more admir'd the man; then re-collected stood."
- "The Major suddenly recollected himself, and withdrew his hand, and at the same time, threw himself into a chair."
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin recollectus (“remembered, composed”), from Latin recolligo (“gather again, recover”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *leǵ-, recollectus, recolligo
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/
- British English: /ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/