Recollect, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recollected; imp. & p. p. Recollecting.]
Etymology: [Pref. re- + collect: cf. L. recolligere, recollectum, to collect. Cf. Recollet.]
1. To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.
2. 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. The Tyrian queen . . . Admired his fortunes, more admired the man; Then recollected stood. Dryden.
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Recollect, n.
(Eccl.)
A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans. [Written also Recollet.] Addis & Arnold.
Shades of meaning
Fernald lists recollect only as an antonym, under anticipate.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.