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recount

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re·count  (r-kount)
tr.v. re·count·ed, re·count·ing, re·counts
1. To narrate the facts or particulars of. See Synonyms at describe.
2. To enumerate.

[Middle English recounten, from Old French reconter : re-, re- + conter, relate; see count1.]

re·countal n.

recount
Verb
to tell the story or details of [Old French reconter]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.recount - an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election
counting, enumeration, numeration, count, reckoning, tally - the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"
Verb1.recountrecount - narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights"
relate - give an account of; "The witness related the events"
crack - tell spontaneously; "crack a joke"
yarn - tell or spin a yarn
rhapsodise, rhapsodize - recite a rhapsody
2.recount - count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made"
count, numerate, enumerate, number - determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"

recount
verb tell, report, detail, describe, relate, repeat, portray, depict, rehearse, recite, tell the story of, narrate, delineate, enumerate, give an account of
Translations
Spanish recount vt [rɪˈkaunt]contar
French recount [rɪˈkaunt] vtraconter
German recount [rɪˈkaunt] vt (story etc) → erzählen
Italian recount [rɪˈkaunt] vtraccontare, narrare

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At their hospitable boards I occasionally met with partners, and clerks, and hardy fur traders from the interior posts; men who had passed years remote from civilized society, among distant and savage tribes, and who had wonders to recount of their wide and wild peregrinations, their hunting exploits, and their perilous adventures and hair-breadth escapes among the Indians.
But that which passeth all the rest is: They do recount that the Earth, mother of the giants that made war against Jupiter, and were by him destroyed, thereupon in an anger brought forth Fame.
It is not without a certain emotion that I begin to recount here the extraordinary adventures of Joseph Rouletabille.
 
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