recount

recount (rɪˈkaʊnt)

—vb
	(tr) to tell the story or details of; narrate

[C15: from Old French reconter, from re- + conter to tell, relate; see count¹]

re'countal

—n

re-count

—vb
1.	to count (votes, etc) again

—n
2.	a second or further count, esp of votes in a closely contested election

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Word Origin & History

recount

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.

Example sentences

Each single-author book is immensely particular, a story told as only one

storyteller could recount it.

Many high school counselors can recount some variant on the following story.

Through the years he would recount that story hundreds of times.

There are few chapters of human history which recount a grander story of human

achievement.

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