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Added 9 October 2026

recollect

/ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/ verb

In Latin: meminī, recordor, teneo Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about recollect at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
I remember the concert clearly, but I can't recollect why I had decided to go there.

verb

To collect (things) together again.
To compose oneself.

Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin recollectus (“remembered, composed”), from Latin recolligo (“gather again, recover”).

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