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re-count

  [v. ree-kount; n. ree-kount, ree-kount]
Use recount in a Sentence
–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- + count 1

re⋅count

  [ri-kount]
–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, count 1

Synonyms:
1. describe. See relate.
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re·count   (rĭ-kount')   
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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Word Origin & History

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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