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recount |
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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