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re-count    Audio Help   [v. ree-kount; n. ree-kount, ree-kount] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to count again.
–noun
2.a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
[Origin: 1755–65; re- + count1]
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re·count    Audio Help   [ri-kount] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
2.to narrate in order.
3.to tell one by one; enumerate.
[Origin: 1425–75; late ME recounten < MF reconter, equiv. to re- re- + conter to tell, count1]

—Synonyms 1. describe. See relate.
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re·count    Audio Help   (rĭ-kount')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   re·count·ed, re·count·ing, re·counts
  1. To narrate the facts or particulars of. See Synonyms at describe.
  2. To enumerate.


[Middle English recounten, from Old French reconter : re-, re- + conter, relate; see count1.]

re·count'al n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
recount  (v.)
1456, from M.Fr. reconter, from O.Fr. re- "again" + conter "to relate, reckon" (see count (v.)). The noun meaning "a new count" (especially in an election) is from 1884.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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recount

noun
1. an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election 

verb
1. narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" [syn: tell] 
2. count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made" 

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recount [riˈkaunt] verb
to tell (a story etc) in detail
Example: He recounted his adventures.
Arabic: يُعيدُ سَرْد القِصَّه
Chinese (Simplified): 详细叙述
Chinese (Traditional): 詳細敘述
Czech: podrobně vylíčit
Danish: fortælle
Dutch: verhalen
Estonian: jutustama
Finnish: selostaa
French: raconter
German: im einzelnen erzählen
Greek: αφηγούμαι, εξιστορώ με λεπτομέρειες
Hungarian: elmond
Icelandic: segja frá
Indonesian: menceritakan
Italian: narrare, raccontare
Japanese: くわしく話す
Korean: 이야기하다, 자세히 말하다
Latvian: sīki izklāstīt; uzskaitīt
Lithuanian: smulkiai nupasakoti
Norwegian: berette, *fortelle utførlig om
Polish: (szczegółowo) opowiedzieć
Portuguese (Brazil): relatar
Portuguese (Portugal): narrar
Romanian: a po­vesti
Russian: подробно рассказывать
Slovak: podrobne opísať
Slovenian: pripovedovati
Spanish: relatar
Swedish: berätta, förtälja
Turkish: ayrıntılarıyla anlatmak
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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Recount

Count\ (kount), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counted; p. pr. & vb. n. Counting.] [OF. conter, and later (etymological spelling) compter, in modern French thus distinguished; conter to relate (cf. Recount, Account), compter to count; fr. L. computuare to reckon, compute; com- + putare to reckon, settle, order, prune, orig., to clean. See Pure, and cf. Compute.]

1. To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon.

Who can count the dust of Jacob? --Num. xxiii. 10.

In a journey of forty miles, Avaux counted only three miserable cabins. --Macaulay.

2. To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.

Abracham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. --Rom. iv. 3.

3. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.

I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends. --Shak.

To count out. (a) To exclude (one) from consideration; to be assured that (one) will not participate or cannot be depended upon. (b) (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present. (c) To prevent the accession of (a person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes cast; -- said of a candidate really elected. [Colloq.]

Syn: To calculate; number; reckon; compute; enumerate. See Calculate.
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Recount

Re*count"\ (r[=e]*kount"), v. t. [Pref. re- + count.] To count or reckon again.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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