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CIDE DICTIONARY
recount, v. t. [Pref. re- + count.].
To count or reckon again. [1913 Webster]
recount, n.
A counting again, as of votes. [1913 Webster]
recount, 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. [1913 Webster]
"To all his angels, who, with true applause,
Recount his praises." [1913 Webster]
Recount his praises." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
recount, v.tr.
1 narrate.
2 tell in detail.
1 narrate.
2 tell in detail.
Etymology
ONF & AF reconter (as RE-, COUNT(1))
DEVIL DICTIONARY
recount
n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against whom they are loaded.THESAURUS
recount
account, accounts, add up, allegorize, battologize, body count, capitulation, cast up, census, cipher up, communicate, count, count up, describe, detail, election returns, enumerate, fable, fabulize, fictionalize, figure up, fill, foot up, give an encore, go over, go through, head count, impart, inventory, itemize, iterate, landslide, mythicize, mythify, mythologize, narrate, nose count, novelize, official count, pad, particularize, poll, practice, reaffirm, reassert, recap, recapitulate, recapitulation, recite, reckon up, reckoning, recounting, rehash, rehearsal, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, relate, repertory, report, reprint, restate, resume, retail, retell, returns, review, reword, romance, run over, say over, say over again, score up, specify, state, statement, storify, sum, sum up, summarize, summary, summate, summation, summing, summing up, tally up, tautologize, tell, tell a story, tidal wave, tot up, total, total up, tote up, unfold, unfold a taleROGET THESAURUS
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Description
VB describe, set forth, draw a picture, picture, portray, characterize, particularize, narrate, relate, recite, recount, sum up, run over, recapitulate, rehearse, fight one's battles over again, unfold a tale, tell, give an account of, render an account of, report, make a report, draw up a statement, detail, enter into particulars, enter into details, descend to particulars, descend to details, itemize.For further exploring for "recount" in Webster Dictionary Online