All 4 Uses of
recollect
in
A Christmas Carol
- He had just enough recollection of the face to desire to do that.
Chpt 1recollection = memory
- "You recollect the way?" inquired the Spirit.
Chpt 2recollect = remember
- A very, very brief time, and you will dismiss the recollection of it, gladly, as an unprofitable dream, from which it happened well that you awoke.
Chpt 2 *recollection = memory
- "And I know," said Bob, "I know, my dears, that when we recollect how patient and how mild he was; although he was a little, little child; we shall not quarrel easily among ourselves, and forget poor Tiny Tim in doing it."
Chpt 4recollect = remember
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.