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13 words match “RECOUNT”

RECOUNT v. 3 definitions
tail; 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.
RECOUNTMENT n.
Recital. [Obs.] Shak.
ACCOUNT n.
To recount; to relate. [Obs.] Chaucer.
COMMUNICATE v.
To make known; to recount; to give; to impart; as, to communicate information to any one.
ENUMERATE v.
on up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a special and separate account of; to recount; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation. Enumerating the services he had done. Ludlow.
ENUMERATION n.
The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
MISER n.
reasing his hoard. As some lone miser, visiting his store, Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er. Goldsmith.
OVERNAME v.
To name over or in a series; to recount. [Obs.] Shak.
REBUT v.
To drive or beat back; to repulse. Who him, recount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, Perforce rebutted back. Spenser.
RELATE v.
To recount; to narrate; to tell over. This heavy act with heavy heart relate. Shak.
RENUMERATE v.
To recount.
SUFFICE v.
meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate. Chaucer. To recount almighty works, What words or tongue of seraph can suffice Milton.
TELL v.
To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money. "An heap of coin he told." Spenser. He telleth the number of the stars. Ps. cxlvii. 4. Tell the joints of the body. Jer. Taylor.