verb

recollect

rek-uh-LEKT/ˌrekəˈlekt/

To bring back to mind.

The woman recollects flying a kite during her childhood.

Etymology

“Gather again” supplies the image behind remembering: knowledge once possessed is brought back to mind. The gathering is mental rather than a fresh collection of physical things.

In context

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All I remember is pain and then dullness. I recollect lying in a huge corrugated iron elephant hut

Everyman at War. Sixty Personal Narratives of the War by Charles B. Purdom Part 1/3 | Audio Book

More examples

Do you recollect where you left your keys?
She recollected their conversation as she walked home.
As far as I recollect, the store closes at six.

Forms

recollect · recollects · recollected · recollecting

recollection noun — A memory or the act of remembering.

Similar words

remember: More broadly includes keeping something in memory, not just retrieving it.
recall: A close alternative, commonly used for retrieving specific facts.