Crossword clues for recount
recount
- Election loser's demand
- 2008 TV movie with Laura Dern as Katherine Harris
- Tell — check on election result
- Tally all the votes again
- Relate in detail
- Post-election check
- Possible follow-up to a close election
- Narrate in detail
- Florida had one after the 2000 presidential election
- Election check
- Close election event
- Also-ran's demand, at times
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
To all his angels, who, with true applause,
Recount his praises.
--Milton.
Recount \Re*count"\ (r[=e]*kount"), v. t. [Pref. re- + count.] To count or reckon again.
Recount \Re*count"\, n. A counting again, as of votes.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. Retelling, narration, rendering vb. 1 To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of. 2 (context dated English) To rehearse; to enumerate. Etymology 2
n. A counting again, as of votes. vb. To count or reckon again.
WordNet
n. an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election
v. narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" [syn: tell, narrate, recite]
count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made"
Wikipedia
Recount is a 2008 television film about the 2000 United States presidential election. The political drama was written by Danny Strong, directed by Jay Roach, and produced by Michael Haussman. It premiered on HBO on May 25, 2008. The DVD was released on August 19, 2008.
Usage examples of "recount".
In recounting her experiences as the pioneer of Christian Science, she states that she sought knowledge concerning the physical side in this research through the different schools of allopathy, homeopathy, and so forth, without receiving any real satisfaction.
Dully, she recounted the story of her first sight of Brun arguing with her father, and what followed, up to the point where Barin arrived.
He had told of his adventures with the proper mixture of awe and braggadocio, recounted the wonders that he had seen, and returned to his studies and virtventures.
The article went on to recount the sexual harassment brouhaha of the previous fall, which had not involved her at all but had made life at headquarters unpleasant for everyone for a month or two.
He then recounts numerous abuses and malversations on the part of the governor.
She quickly recounted the tale of the hallucinatory terrain Parell Hyath had used to try delaying the company from Corwell, while Tristan frowned in displeasure mingled with confusion.
All this Passepartout learned from Aouda, who recounted to him what had taken place on the voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai on the Tankadere, in company with one Mr.
The article recounted several real estate deals gone sour, among them a construction project down in Baja named Playa del Sol: high-end condos peddled to American retirees lured by American-style luxury living at Mexican prices.
One that had come to court before we Polos arrived was still being recounted and discussed and argued over.
Perhaps most revealingly, Poundstone recounts studies which show that an interviewer usually makes up his mind about a candidate within the first few seconds of meeting her, and the rest of the interview is merely an exercise in confirming first impressions.
Sappha, at a imiling nod from Sister, removed the Baroness to a mall cubicle to make her ready, and presently wheeled her out once more to meet the radiographer and Mijnheer de Winter, who wrung her hand jelightedly and listened with relish while the Baroness recounted the rescue of the puppy.
Becker was recounting his life story to Reamer and his family in an attempt to persuade Reamer that he was not the kind of guy to go bumping off idealistic young unicorn ladies to get at their horns.
There had been a murder since thentwo, if one counted the killing recounted in the renumbered report.
Only if the man was even more influential, richer and than Shareef, would she have to call Shareef to rescue her and he would do this quickly and with his usual charm, eyes flashing with an easy smile as he recounted an anecdote to defuse the situation.
Everything he was told fascinated Wellearn, and above all he was seized by the tales of the New Star which Chard and Shash and Embery recounted.