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.