All 4 Uses of
recollect
in
A Man for All Seasons
- MORE (Recollecting) Ah yes, you are to be felicitated.†
Chpt 1 *
- (Recollecting something) Oh.†
Chpt 1
- MORE (There is a pause while his agile mind scans the full frightening implications of this for himself; it is almost with a start o f recollection that he remembers to answer CHAPUYS at all) I see.†
Chpt 2
- Death comes for us all; even at our birth— (He holds her head and looks down at it for a moment in recollection) even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little.†
Chpt 2
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.