recount

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To tell someone about something in detail.

   The old man recounted the story of how he caught the huge fish.

2. 2
   verb

   To count something again.

   They had to recount all the votes after the result was challenged.

3. 3
   noun

   A second count, especially of votes in an election.

   The losing candidate demanded a recount of the ballots.

Simplified etymology

Recount in the sense “tell” dates from late Middle English and comes from the family of Latin computare, “to calculate.” Its history reflects the overlap between counting and narrating also found in the English verb tell.

From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter.

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