Synonyms for recount

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ri-kount

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈkaʊnt

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Définition 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

Example sentences :

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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