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English Dictionary: recount by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recount
n
  1. an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election
v
  1. narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
    Synonym(s): tell, narrate, recount, recite
  2. count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Recount \Re*count"\ (r[emac]*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[esl]*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.
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