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Pos: Verb (transitive)
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun recount has 1 senses

   recount(n = noun.act) - an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election;
is a kind of
count, counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally
Derived form verb recount2


Verb recount has 2 senses

1.  recount(v = verb.communication) narrate, recite, tell - narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
is one way to inform
Derived form noun recounting1
Sample sentences: They won't recount the story

2.  recount(v = verb.communication) - count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made"
is one way to
count, enumerate, number, numerate
Derived form noun recount1
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

recount, v. t. [Pref. re- + count.].

   To count or reckon again. [1913 Webster]


recount, n.

   A counting again, as of votes. [1913 Webster]


recount, 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. [1913 Webster]
"To all his angels, who, with true applause,
Recount his praises.
" [1913 Webster]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

recount, v.tr.
1 narrate.
2 tell in detail.

Etymology:
ONF & AF reconter (as RE-, COUNT(1))


[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Description

VB  describe, set forth, draw a picture, picture, portray, characterize, particularize, narrate, relate, recite, recount, sum up, run over, recapitulate, rehearse, fight one's battles over again, unfold a tale, tell, give an account of, render an account of, report, make a report, draw up a statement, detail, enter into particulars, enter into details, descend to particulars, descend to details, itemize.