Definitions for: Recount


[n] an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election
[v] count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made"
[v] narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"



Webster (1913) Definition: Re*count" (r[=e]*kount"), v. t. [Pref. re- + count.]
To count or reckon again.


Re*count", n.
A counting again, as of votes.


Re*count" (r[-e]*kount"), v. t. [F. raconter to
relate, to recount; pref. re- again + ? (L. ad.) + conter to
relate. See Count, v.]
To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or
narrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to enumerate; as, to
recount one's blessings. --Dryden.

To all his angels, who, with true applause, Recount his
praises. --Milton.

Synonyms: narrate, recite, spin, tell

See Also: count, count, counting, enumerate, enumeration, inform, number, numerate, numeration, reckoning, relate, rhapsodise, rhapsodize, tally, yarn

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