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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ri-kount |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈkaʊnt |
Definition of recount
Origin :- "to tell," mid-15c., also recompt, from Old North French and Anglo-French reconter (12c., Modern French raconter), from Old French re- (see re-) + conter "to relate, reckon" (see count (v)). Related: Recounted; recounting.
- verb tell a story
- He then went on to recount her labors and sacrifices in behalf of her race.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- That settled, she had nothing to do but to recount her horrors over again.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Pierre, however, at once proceeded to recount the other apparitions.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- How you're always sure to call, And recount your reformation with the biggest speech of all?
- Extract from : « Farm Ballads » by Will Carleton
- Occasionally she came to me to recount her triumphs and make me jealous.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- Of all the Suevians, the Semnones recount themselves to be the most ancient and most noble.
- Extract from : « Tacitus on Germany » by Tacitus
- Aboard the transport he did not recount his adventures on the battlefields of Italy.
- Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt
- Moreover, who could recount his other common or extraordinary labors?
- Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
- But I must hasten on—I cannot delay to recount our successes in detail.
- Extract from : « The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete » by Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
- I will but recount one incident, and that a personal one, of the period.
- Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
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