Both Uses of
recollect
in
The Hidden Oracle
- I could not recollect all of the nightmarish details of my fight with Python, but I did know he had been no pushover.†
p. 107.7 *recollect = remember
- Right now, our friends at Camp Jupiter are trying to reconstruct them based on Ella's recollections.†
p. 202.3recollections = memories
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.