RECOLLECT

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.

2.
v.

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.

3.
n.

A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans. [Written also Recollet.] Addis & Arnold.

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