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recollecting |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recollect \Rec`ol*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recollected}; imp. & p. p. {Recollecting}.] [Pref. re- + collect: cf L. recolligere recollectum to collect. Cf {Recollet}.] 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.
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