Recollect

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans. [Written also Recollet.] Addis & Arnold.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.