Emily Dickinson Lexicon

recollect (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [L. re-, again + col-, together + ligěre, gather.] (webplay: back, before, call, consequence, knowledge, memory, met, name, period, place, remembrance, seen).

1. Remember; recall; retain in memory; bring to mind again; keep from forgetting.
2. Notice; perceive; see; become aware of; realize the existence of.
3. Remind; cause to remember; hinder from forgetting.
4. [Fig.] bear the scar of; retain proof of.
5. [Fig.] reward; compensate.