recount Meaning, Definition & Usage

  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
    recite; tell; narrate.
    • Tell what happened
    • The father told a story to his child
  3. verb count again
    • We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made

WordNet

Re*count" transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. re- + count.
Definitions
  1. To count or reckon again.
Re*count" noun
Definitions
  1. A counting again, as of votes.
Re*count" transitive verb
Etymology
F. raconter to relate, to recount; pref. re- again + (L. ad.) + conter to relate. See Count, v.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913