recountaln.
/rᵻˈkaʊntl/, U.S. /riˈkaʊn(t)l/, /rəˈkaʊn(t)l/ The act or an instance of recounting something; narration, recital; an account. Cf. recountment n.
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the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun]
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deliverance1431
narrationc1449
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1825 R. Rotton Herban iv. 183 Answer he made them none—and none dare crave Recountal of his beads [sc. prayers].
1841 M. F. Tupper Author's Mind 365 An introductory recountal of old Beauvoir's withering curse on the Clopton family for Theodore's abduction of his daughter.
1874 J. Caird in Good Words Nov. 792 The great deeds of history at the recountal of which our hearts thrill with involuntary admiration.
1905 Daily Chron. 4 Oct. 6/6 In her recountal the lady grows more and more excited, more and more voluble.
1951 Italica 28 151 In Biondino there is the recountal of the kidnapping of the village mayor by a gang of bandits.
2000 Asian Folklore Stud. 59 209 Women's lamentations, in spite of their recountal of grievances and implicit criticism, do not threaten major male concerns.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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