5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recount \Re*count"\ (r[=e]*kount"), v. t. [Pref. re- + count.]
To count or reckon again
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recount \Re*count"\, n.
A counting again as of votes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recount \Re*count"\ (r[-e]*kount"), 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.
To all his angels, who with true applause, Recount his
praises. --Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
recount
n : an additional (usually a second) count especially of the
votes in a close election
v : narrate or give a detailed account of "Tell what happened";
"The father told a story to his child" [syn: {tell}, {narrate},
{spin}, {recite}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded
to the player against whom they are loaded.
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