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Definition of recollect verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

recollect

verb

NAmE//ˌrɛkəˈlɛkt//

[transitive, intransitive] (not used in the progressive tenses)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they recollect

he / she / it recollects

past simple recollected

(rather formal) to remember something, especially by making an effort to remember it synonym recall recollect (something) She could no longer recollect the details of the letter. As far as I can recollect, she wasn't there on that occasion. recollect what, how, etc. … I don't recollect what he said. recollect that… I recollect that we were all gathered in the kitchen. recollect (somebody/something) doing something I recollect him/his saying that it was dangerous. + speech “It was just before the war,” she recollected.

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