To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember
If you recollect something, you remember it. Ramona spoke with warmth when she recollected the doctor who used to be at the county hospital His efforts, the Duke recollected many years later, were distinctly half-hearted. = remember. to be able to remember something
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
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"