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Definition of Recount
1. Noun. An additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election.
2. Verb. Narrate or give a detailed account of. "They won't recount the story "; "The father told a story to his child"
Generic synonyms: Inform
Specialized synonyms: Relate, Crack, Yarn, Rhapsodise, Rhapsodize
Derivative terms: Narration, Narration, Narration, Narrative, Narrator, Recital, Recital, Recounting, Tale, Teller, Telling
3. Verb. Count again. "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made"
Definition of Recount
1. v. t. To count or reckon again.
2. n. A counting again, as of votes.
3. v. t. 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.
Definition of Recount
1. Noun. A counting again, as of votes. ¹
2. Verb. To count or reckon again. ¹
3. Verb. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Recount
1. to relate in detail [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recount
Literary usage of Recount
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"When the clerk of a county court has laid before the board of canvassers of the
county, for the purposes of a recount, the ballots, poll- books, ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"recount. The word "recount," In Laws 1896, c. "W, S 84, requiring a recount of
votes in case the total number shown by the tally sheet to have been ..."
3. The Encyclopædia of Evidence by Edgar Whittlesey Camp, John Finley Crowe (1905)
"C. PROOF OP THE NECESSITY FOR A recount. — a. Mode of Proof. — Evidence tending
to prove that errors were made in the original count, canvass or returns, ..."
4. Speeches and Addresses of William McKinley: From His Election to Congress to by William McKinley, McKinley, William, 1843-1901 (1893)
"Why, sir, what is a recount ? A recount is counting over again the very same
ballots that were ... That is what a recount is; that is what a recount means. ..."
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