different between recollect vs recollection

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin recollectus (“remembered, composed”), from Latin recolligo (“gather again, recover”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: r?-k?-l?kt?, IPA^(key): /??k??l?kt/
• (US) enPR: r?-k?-l?kt?, IPA^(key): /??k??l?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

recollect (third-person singular simple present recollects, present participle recollecting, simple past and past participle recollected)

1. To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.

Related terms

• collect
• recollection

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? collect

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: r?-k?-l?kt?, IPA^(key): /?i?k??l?kt/
• (US) enPR: r?-k?-l?kt?, IPA^(key): /?i?k??l?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

recollect (third-person singular simple present recollects, present participle recollecting, simple past and past participle recollected)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To collect (things) together again.
2. To compose oneself.

   • The Tyrian queen […] Admir'd his fortunes, more admir'd the man; then re-collected stood.

   • 1847, Newton Mallory Curtis, The Patrol of the Mountain (page 52)

     The Major suddenly recollected himself, and withdrew his hand, and at the same time, threw himself into a chair.

Anagrams

• collecter

English

Etymology 1

Via French récollection or the verb recollect, both from Latin recollectus, the past participle of recolligere (“to collect again”), itself from re- + colligere (“to gather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k??l?k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

recollection (usually uncountable, plural recollections)

1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory

   Synonyms: reminiscence, remembrance

2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance

   Alas that distant event isn't within my recollection anymore.

3. That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.

   One of his earliest recollections." - Thomas Babington Macaulay.

4. (archaic or Catholicism) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.

   From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection.

   In a world filled with media and electronic devices, recollection can be difficult.

5. (Catholicism) A spiritual retreat, especially one that is short.

Alternative forms

• (collecting or concentrating the mind): re-collection

Synonyms

• reminiscence
• remembrance
• memory

Derived terms

• recollective

Related terms

• recollect
• recollected

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? collection

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?k??l?k??n/

Noun

recollection (countable and uncountable, plural recollections)

1. Process of collecting again.

Alternative forms

• re-collection

References

• recollection in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.