as in remembering
to bring back to mind
I can't recollect if I turned the stove off or not before leaving the house
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as in containing
to gain emotional or mental control of
she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery
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as in retrieving
to get again in one's possession
I struggled to re-collect the papers the wind had torn from my hands
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“Recollecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recollecting. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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