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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Recollect, v. [e.m.E. recollect (1559), L. recollect-, p.p. stem of recolligere.] tr. To collect or gather together. — 1513 Doug. i Prol. 99.
A lord so gentill and kynd, … Quhilk … Bukis to recollect, to reid and se, Has gret delyte as euer had Ptholome
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