What is "re-collect"

Re-collect \Re`-col*lect"\ (r[=e]`k[o^]l*l[e^]kt"), v. t. [Pref. re- + collect.] To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops.

God will one day raise the dead, re-collecting our scattered dust.
--Barrow.

"to collect or gather again," c.1600, from re- + collect (v.). Earlier simply "to collect" (1510s). Related: Re-collected; re-collecting.