re-collect

[ree-kuh-lekt] / ˌri kəˈlɛkt /

VERB

compose

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrange collect contain

STRONG

adjust allay appease assuage becalm check comfort console control cool ease lessen lull mitigate moderate modulate pacify placate quell quiet reconcile regulate rein relax repress resolve restrain settle slacken smother soften solace soothe still suppress temper tranquilize

WEAK

balm ease up hold in let up simmer down tune down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disperse scatter

STRONG

aggravate agitate allow annoy confuse disorganize distress disturb excite free hurt incite increase intensify irritate let go liberate move permit provoke release trouble upset vex worry worsen

WEAK

anger arouse destroy disarrange ruin

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re-collect

And why didn’t the refs call a foul when Bryce Brown grabbed Jerome’s jersey as Jerome was trying to re-collect the ball just before he double-dribbled?

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2019

The King lay for some moments silent, but evidently striving to re-collect his thoughts.

From Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton

No, my Lord, I take the shortest way In writing what my thoughts can re-collect.

From The Fatal Jealousie (1673) by Willard Thorp

The Indians, however, made no complaint; but as we gained a height above them, we saw them exerting themselves to re-collect their scattered cavalcade.

From On the Banks of the Amazon by William H. C. Groome

When his household cares obliged the ministrant to leave her room, Nydia began to re-collect her thoughts.

From Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton

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