All 7 Uses of
recollect
in
The House of Mirth
- And she had a shamed recollection of the way in which, a few hours since, she had felt the centripetal force of their standards.†
Chpt 1.5 *
- Her cheek burned at the recollection, and she rose and caught up the letters.†
Chpt 1.9
- Lily flushed with the recollection of certain rainy Sundays at Bellomont and with the Dorsets.†
Chpt 1.15
- But other memories importuned her also; the recollection of similar situations, as skillfully led up to, but through some malice of fortune, or her own unsteadiness of purpose, always failing of the intended result.†
Chpt 2.7
- The recollection loosened a throng of benumbed sensations—longings, regrets, imaginings, the throbbing brood of the only spring her heart had ever known.†
Chpt 2.11
- All her resentment of his fancied coldness was swept away in this overwhelming rush of recollection.†
Chpt 2.11
- Nettie Struther wailed with a start of recollection.†
Chpt 2.13
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.