recollect

intransitive verb

To use one’s memory to become aware of (something); recall to mind.

intransitive verb

To remember something; have a recollection.

idiom

(recollect (oneself)) To become aware of one’s immediate situation or purpose after a distraction.

To recover or recall knowledge of; bring back to the mind or memory; remember.

Synonyms To call up, call to mind. See remember and memory.

To collect or gather again; collect what has been scattered: often written distinctively re-collect: as, to re-collect routed troops.

To summon back, as scattered ideas; reduce to order; gather together.

To recover (one’s self); collect (one’s self): used reflexively in the past participle.

To gather; collect.

To come together again; reunite.