RECOLLECT', v.t. [re and collect; L. recolligo, recollectus.]
1. To collect again; applied to ideas that have escaped from the memory; to recover or call back ideas to the memory. I recollect what was said at a former interview; or I cannot recollect what was said.
2. To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory. I met a man whom I thought I had See N before, but I could not recollect his name or the place where I had See N him. I do not recollect you, sir.
3. To recover resolution or composure of mind.
The Tyrian queen admir'd his fortunes, more admir'd the man, then recollected stood.
[In this sense, collected is more generally used.]
