rec·ol·lect /ˌrɛkəˈlɛkt/
(vt.)回憶,回想,憶起(vi.)回憶
Rec·ol·lect v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recollected; p. pr. & vb. n. Recollecting.]
1. To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.
2. Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect one's self after a burst of anger; -- sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle.
The Tyrian queen . . .
Admired his fortunes, more admired the man;
Then recollected stood. --Dryden.
Rec·ol·lect n. Eccl. A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans. [Written also Recollet.]
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recollect
v : 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"
[syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call
up, think] [ant: forget]