(not used in the progressive tenses) (rather formal) to remember sth, especially by making an effort to remember it:
[VN] She could no longer recollect the details of the letter. * [Vwh-] I don't recollect what he said. * [VN-ing] I recollect him / his saying that it was dangerous. * [V] As far as I can recollect, she wasn't there on that occasion. [also Vspeech, Vthat, V-ing]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for recollect is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is recollect a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, recollect is tagged as verb.
Does recollect appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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