All 6 Uses of
recollect
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- I'm all in a muddle; can't recollect anything of it, hardly.†
Chpt 9 *
- It was just so with my Joe—always full of his devilment, and up to every kind of mischief, but he was just as unselfish and kind as he could be—and laws bless me, to think I went and whipped him for taking that cream, never once recollecting that I throwed it out myself because it was sour, and I never to see him again in this world, never, never, never, poor abused boy!†
Chpt 15
- Huck recollects it.†
Chpt 16
- "Well, try to recollect—can't you?"†
Chpt 18
- Sad, yes, sad thoughts of thee my heart doth swell, And burning recollections throng my brow!†
Chpt 21
- He could not recollect that the closing word had ever been applied in his case before.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(recollect) to remember -- especially experiences from long agoeditor's notes: Synonym Comparison (if you're into word choice):
Relative to its synonyms, recollect brings to mind a leisurely piecing together of distant memories. It may be used in a less formal manner than remember and is almost always less formal than recall.