Rec`ol*lect" (rĕk`ŏl*lĕkt"),
v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Recollected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Recollecting.] [Pref. re- + collect: cf. L.
recolligere, recollectum, to collect. Cf.
Recollet.] 1. To recover or recall the
knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to
remember.
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.
The Tyrian queen . . .
Admired his fortunes, more admired the man;
Then recollected stood.
Dryden.Rec"ol*lect (rĕk"ŏl*lĕkt),
n. [See Recollet.] (Eccl.) A
friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans.
[Written also Recollet.] Addis & Arnold.