All 4 Uses of
recollect
in
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
- He had just enough recollection of the face to desire to do that.
p. 16.9recollection = memory
- "You recollect the way?" inquired the Spirit.
p. 35.7recollect = 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.
p. 50.8 *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."
p. 112.4recollect = remember
Definition:
to remember -- especially experiences from long ago
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.
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.