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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Recollect  \Rec`ol*lect"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Recollected}; 
  imp.  &  p.  p.  {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. 




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