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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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" [syn:
         tell, narrate, recount, recite]
    2: count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an
       accusation of fraud was made"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Recount \Re*count"\ (r[=e]*kount"), v. t. [Pref. re- + count.]
   To count or reckon again.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Recount \Re*count"\, n.
   A counting again, as of votes.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Recount \Re*count"\ (r[-e]*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.
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         To all his angels, who, with true applause,
         Recount his praises.                     --Milton.
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5. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)

RECOUNT, n.  In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded
to the player against whom they are loaded.

Thesaurus Results for recount:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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