All 13 Uses of
recollect
in
Education of Little Tree
- Uncle Enoch said he had got liquored up and didn't recollect about how he got there; but he woke up in a room in a bed with two women.†
Chpt 5.
- Granpa said if you recollected somebody you loved who had passed on, then the mourning dove would not have to mourn him.†
Chpt 12.
- Granma said this was because he was recollecting while he was sleeping.†
Chpt 12.
- I told him I didn't recollect my Pa; that I lived here with Granpa and Granma.
Chpt 14. *recollect = remember
- I stopped and said I hadn't no recollection of him atall.†
Chpt 14.
- "And Little Tree," he said, and commenced grinning about something, "before Granma fixes the two fellers something to eat, ye tell everything ye can recollect that the two fellers said to ye."†
Chpt 14.
- She had fixed mine and Granpa's, and was frying fish for Mr. Chunk and Mr. Slick, when I recollected to tell her what they had said.†
Chpt 14.
- If I had not known them right well, I couldn't have recollected as having ever seen them before.†
Chpt 14.
- Granpa couldn't recollect the woman's name, but he said it was a good Bible lesson; that you was to watch out for conniving women who tried to git ye drunk.†
Chpt 16.
- I would tell him, "Yes, sir, more than likely, you was totin' something in your pocket that you couldn't recollect."†
Chpt 17.
- It was the first time that Mr. Wine had recollected the apple.†
Chpt 18.
- Kneeling there on the porch, Granma said, "Do ye recollect the Dog Star, Little Tree?†
Chpt 18.
- I recollected Granpa said you was obligated to pitch in when folks was trying to do for you; but I wasn't much account at it.†
Chpt 21.
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.