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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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

He tells us, we cannot so speedily re-collect ourselves, after a Scene of great Passion and Concernment, as to pass to another of Mirth and Humour, and to enjoy it with any relish.

From An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments by Arber, Thomas Seccombe, Professor

Beaten and sullen, the god again retired to re-collect his strength.

From The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner by Welsh, James C.

Trouble and disquiet serve rather to distract the mind than to re-collect it.

From The Practice of the Presence of God by Lawrence, of the Resurrection, Brother

The earth was torn up everywhere—a few lucky hits had sufficed to re-collect a good many diggers there, and they were working vigorously.

From A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 by Clacy, Ellen

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