 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
recount
noun: an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the
votes in a close election
verb
1: narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened";
"The father told a story to his child" [syn: {tell}, {narrate},
{recite}]
2: count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an
accusation of fraud was made"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Recount \Re*count"\ (r[=e]*kount"), verb (used with an object) [Pref. re- + count.]
To count or reckon again.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Recount \Re*count"\, noun
A counting again, as of votes.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Recount \Re*count"\ (r[-e]*kount"), verb (used with an object) [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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
96 Moby Thesaurus words for "recount":
account, accounts, add up, allegorize, battologize, body count,
capitulation, cast up, census, cipher up, communicate, count,
count up, describe, detail, election returns, enumerate, fable,
fabulize, fictionalize, figure up, fill, foot up, give an encore,
go over, go through, head count, impart, inventory, itemize,
iterate, landslide, mythicize, mythify, mythologize, narrate,
nose count, novelize, official count, pad, particularize, poll,
practice, reaffirm, reassert, recap, recapitulate, recapitulation,
recite, reckon up, reckoning, recounting, rehash, rehearsal,
rehearse, reissue, reiterate, relate, repertory, report, reprint,
restate, resume, retail, retell, returns, review, reword, romance,
run over, say over, say over again, score up, specify, state,
statement, storify, sum, sum up, summarize, summary, summate,
summation, summing, summing up, tally up, tautologize, tell,
tell a story, tidal wave, tot up, total, total up, tote up, unfold,
unfold a tale
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
RECOUNT, noun In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded
to the player against whom they are loaded.
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