v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Recollected; p. pr. & vb. n. Recollecting. ] [ Pref. re- + collect: cf. L. recolligere, recollectum, to collect. Cf. Recollet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect one's self after a burst of anger; -- sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Tyrian queen . . .
Admired his fortunes, more admired the man;
Then recollected stood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Recollet. ] (Eccl.) A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans. [ Written also Recollet. ] Addis & Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. récollection. ] 1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance; memory; as, an event within my recollection. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence. “One of his earliest recollections.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Reminiscence; remembrance. See Memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the power of recollecting. J. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]