All 5 Uses
recollect
in
The Golden Apples
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- And Plez, of course, he said, "No'm, Mistis, I don't recollect one soul pass me, whole way from town."†
Story 1 *recollect = remember
- In Nina's head, where the world was still partly leisurely, came a recollected scene: birds on a roof under a cherry tree; they were drunk.†
Story 4recollected = remembered
- Eugene recollected that one street back a plaster bull dog, cerise with blue rings around the eyes, which ordinarily sat in the ground floor window of a hotel between the drawn shade and the glass, had this morning been taken away.†
Story 6
- The lapse must have endured for a solid minute or two, and afterwards he could recollect it.†
Story 6recollect = remember
- Virgie had a sudden recollection of recital night at Miss Eckhart's—the moment when she was to be called out.†
Story 7recollection = memory
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. -
(2)
(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