recount
(noun) an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election
recount
(verb) count again; “We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made”
tell, narrate, recount, recite
(verb) narrate or give a detailed account of; “Tell what happened”; “The father told a story to his child”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
recount (plural recounts)
Narration, account, description, rendering
recount (third-person singular simple present recounts, present participle recounting, simple past and past participle recounted)
To tell; narrate; to relate in detail
(dated) To rehearse; to enumerate.
recount (plural recounts)
A counting again, as of votes.
recount (third-person singular simple present recounts, present participle recounting, simple past and past participle recounted)
To count again.
• Counter, Cureton, Cutrone, cornute, counter, counter-, countre, trounce
Source: Wiktionary
Re*count" (r*kount"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + count.]
Definition: To count or reckon again.
Re*count", n.
Definition: A counting again, as of votes.
Re*count" (r*kount"), v. t. Etym: [F. raconter to relate, to recount; pref. re- again + ad.) + conter to relate. See Count, v.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 May 2025
(adverb) at some indefinite or unstated time; “let’s get together sometime”; “everything has to end sometime”; “It was to be printed sometime later”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
