All 3 Uses of
recollect
in
Dracula
- I soon lost sight and recollection of ghostly fears in the beauty of the scene as we drove along, although had I known the language, or rather languages, which my fellow-passengers were speaking, I might not have been able to throw them off so easily.†
p. 13.1recollection = memory
- I seemed somehow to know her face, and to know it in connection with some dreamy fear, but I could not recollect at the moment how or where.†
p. 45.0 *recollect = remember
- I suppose it was the recollection, so powerfully brought home to me by the grim surroundings, of that terrible experience in Transylvania.†
p. 266.7recollection = memory
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.