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

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who served a spell as White House press secretary under Trump, recollected one day bringing her 4-year-old son to work and the way he spurned a presidential hug in favor of being in his mother’s arms.

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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.

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“The night before the election, his favorability was only 39%,” his campaign manager, Garry South, recollected.

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Schiff recollected a scene from the movie “The Naked Gun” when a character unwittingly broadcast his extravagantly long and loud visit to the men’s room, horrifying a room filled with dignitaries and a stunned press corps.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• evoked