| Originally classical [[Latin]] '''recollect'''-, past participial stem of recolligere to gather up again, reassemble, to repossess oneself of (property), to recover (mentally), to regain (one's strength), (reflexive) to pull oneself together, take [[heart]], in post-classical Latin also to recall, [[remember]] (11th or 12th cent. in continental sources; from 12th cent. in British sources), (reflexive) to withdraw (a1240 in a British source) Compare Middle French recolligier to extract (from a [[written]] [[work]]) (c1370), Middle French recolliger, French récolliger to collect together (16th cent.; rare), (reflexive) to [[meditate]] or contemplate religiously (1636) | | Originally classical [[Latin]] '''recollect'''-, past participial stem of recolligere to gather up again, reassemble, to repossess oneself of (property), to recover (mentally), to regain (one's strength), (reflexive) to pull oneself together, take [[heart]], in post-classical Latin also to recall, [[remember]] (11th or 12th cent. in continental sources; from 12th cent. in British sources), (reflexive) to withdraw (a1240 in a British source) Compare Middle French recolligier to extract (from a [[written]] [[work]]) (c1370), Middle French recolliger, French récolliger to collect together (16th cent.; rare), (reflexive) to [[meditate]] or contemplate religiously (1636) |