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recollect

/ɹiːkəˈlɛkt/ verb C2
  1. To compose oneself.

He/she/it recollects · Past recollected · Past participle recollected · -ing form recollecting

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Verb forms

Base form
recollect
He/she/it
recollects
Past
recollected
Past participle
recollected
-ing form
recollecting

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Recollect she hasn’t ever had anyone to teach her right.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 71 · C1
“He does not exactly recollect the circumstances, though he has heard them from Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 109 · B2
We _will_ know where we have gone--we _will_ recollect what we have seen.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 179 · B2
Bingley to see you all after him so soon; for, if I recollect right, he went but the day before.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 205 · B2

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