All 3 Uses
recollect
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Nine Princes in Amber
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- It is to restore his remembrance that we have come here, to bring back his recollection of the old days, that he might oppose Eric in Amber.†
Chpt 5 *recollection = memory
- Then I went forth into London and the night, in a year of the plague, looking for something...I had no recollection of who I was or what I was doing there.†
Chpt 5
- I had sailed far into the north many years ago, and I gave him a new chart based on my recollections of the voyage.†
Chpt 10recollections = memories
Definitions:
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(1)
(recollect) to remember -- especially experiences from long agoSynonym 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. -
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) (historical usage) a thought or to collect thoughts -- often after an interruption -- often gaining composure, awareness, or a perspective