recollected

[ rek-uh-lek-tid ]

adjective

1. calm; composed.
2. remembered; recalled.
3. characterized by or given to contemplation.

Other Words From

• recol·lected·ly adverb
• recol·lected·ness noun
• unrec·ol·lected adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of recollected¹

First recorded in 1620–30; recollect, re-collect + -ed ²

Example Sentences

As Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell recollected in a speech last month, “the good ship Transitory was a crowded one, with most mainstream analysts and advanced-economy central bankers on board.”

From Los Angeles Times

Mark Macarro, chairman of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, recollected fellow Native Americans insisting that “Mission Indians” are not like other Indians because they don’t have treaties with the United States.

From Los Angeles Times

The couple married in 1959 — Nancy, she later recollected, took three days to say yes after he proposed.

From Seattle Times

Rather, Lerner is working a seam between what is recollected and what is imagined.

From Los Angeles Times

Kershner, the attorney, said that the officer may not have accurately recollected exactly which commands he had given Johnson, but the video shows that Johnson was not complying.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• evoked