Recollect
(Rec`ol*lect") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recollected; p. pr. & vb. n. 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. Recollect
(Rec"ol*lect) n. [See Recollet.] (Eccl.) A friar of the Strict Observance, — an order of Franciscans.
[Written also Recollet.] Addis & Arnold.
Recollection
(Rec`ol*lec"tion) n. [Cf. F. récollection.]
1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the
memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance.
2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance; memory; as,
an event within my recollection.
3. That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence. "One of his earliest recollections."
Macaulay.
4. The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control. [Archaic]
From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection.
Robertson. Syn. — Reminiscence; remembrance. See Memory.
Recollective
(Rec`ol*lect"ive) a. Having the power of recollecting. J. Foster.
Recollet
(Rec"ol*let) n. [F. récollet, fr. L. recollectus, p. p. of recolligere to gather again, to gather
up; NL., to collect one's self, esp. for religious contemplation.] (Eccl.) Same as Recollect, n.
Recolonization
(Re*col`o*ni*za"tion) n. A second or renewed colonization.
Recolonize
(Re*col"o*nize) v. t. To colonize again.
Recombination
(Re*com`bi*na"tion) n. Combination a second or additional time.
Recombine
(Re`com*bine") v. t. To combine again.
Recomfort
(Re*com"fort) v. t. [Pref. re- + comfort: cf. F. réconforter.] To comfort again; to console
anew; to give new strength to. Bacon.
Gan her recomfort from so sad affright.
Spenser. Recomfortless
(Re*com"fort*less), a. Without comfort. [Obs.]
Recomforture
(Re*com"for*ture) n. The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort. [Obs.] Shak.
Recommence
(Re`com*mence") v. i.
1. To commence or begin again. Howell.
