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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

Example Sentences

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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

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

Kirkwood gasped and tried to re-collect his wits.

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph

It required all the rest of the day to re-collect our party and to repair damages.

From Christopher Carson by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

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

From The Fatal Jealousie (1673) by Thorp, Willard