All 5 Uses of
recollect
in
Lonesome Dove
- "He found that cap in the fifties, to the best of my recollection," Augustus said.†
Chpt 5-6 *recollection = memory
- Deets sat around thinking for a day or two, but he could not remember ever having another name, and Call's recollection bore him out.†
Chpt 7-8
- He had lived with men his whole life, rangering and working; during his whole adult life he couldn't recollect spending ten minutes alone with a woman.†
Chpt 11-12recollect = remember
- Right after the marriage she had been seen in the stores some, spending July's money, but he couldn't recollect having seen her in a store in recent days.†
Chpt 28-29
- "There was a woman here during that fight, I recollect," he said.†
Chpt 60-61
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.