Recount Definition
rĭ-kount
recounted, recounting, recounts
verb
recounted, recounting, recounts
To tell in detail; give an account of; narrate.
Webster's New World
To narrate the facts or particulars of.
The book recounts the siege of Lisbon.
American Heritage
To tell in order or one by one.
Webster's New World
To count again.
Webster's New World
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.
Wiktionary
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noun
recounts
A second or additional count, as of votes.
Webster's New World
Retelling, narration, rendering.
Wiktionary
Origin of Recount
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Middle English recounten from Old French reconter re- re- conter relate count1
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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