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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Old North French
Origin: reconter, from conter 'to tell, count'

recount

1 verb
     
re‧count1 [transitive]
formal to tell someone a story or describe a series of events
recount how/what
Alan recounted how he and Joyce had met.
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