recollected

/ˌɹɛkəˈɫɛktɪd/, /ˌɹikəˈɫɛktɪd/ verb

simple past and past participle of recollect

Word Origin Recollected comes from Latin re- 'again' and legere 'to gather.' To recollect is literally to 'gather again' — to bring scattered memories back together. The same legere root gives us collect (gather together), select (choose apart), and lecture (a reading). So when you've recollected something, you've re-gathered it from the corners of your mind.

verb simple past and past participle of recollect

He suddenly recollected where he had left his keys.

(动词) 回忆;想起;记起

他突然想起自己把钥匙落在哪里了。

(verbo) recordó; recordado; rememoró; evocó; trajo a la memoria [Pretérito y participio pasado de recordar.]

De repente recordó dónde había dejado sus llaves.

(verbe) Passé simple et participe passé du verbe « to recollect » (se remémorer, se souvenir de).

Il s'est soudain souvenu de l'endroit où il avait laissé ses clés.

(Verb) erinnerte sich [Einfache Vergangenheit und Partizip Perfekt des Verbs *recollect* (sich erinnern, ins Gedächtnis zurückrufen).]

Plötzlich **recollected** er, wo er seine Schlüssel liegen gelassen hatte.

(動詞) ~を思い出した、~を記憶から呼び起こした

彼は突然、鍵をどこに置いたかを思い出した。

(verbo) lembrou; recordou; relembrou [passado simples e particípio passado de recollect]

Ele de repente se lembrou de onde tinha deixado suas chaves.

Word parts: re + collect + ed

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