recountmentn.
/rᵻˈkaʊntm(ə)nt/, U.S. /riˈkaʊntm(ə)nt/, /rəˈkaʊntm(ə)nt/ = recount n.1 Cf. recountal n.
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the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun]
spellc888
talec1000
telling?c1225
relationc1390
fablec1400
collationc1430
deliverance1431
narrationc1449
exposition1460
recounting1485
deducing1530
recital1565
delivery1592
reporting1603
retailing1609
recountmenta1616
narrative1748
narrating1802
deducement1820
recountal1825
retailment1832
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. iii. 141 When..betwixt vs two, Teares our recountments had most kindely bath'd. View more context for this quotation
1790 T. Sheridan Compl. Dict. Eng. Lang. (ed. 3) II. Recountment, Relation, recital.
1812 R. Chevenix Mantuan Revels i. i, in Two Plays 9 The most dire recountments; such as ne'er Mortality has heard of.
1865 J. H. Stirling tr. G. W. F. Hegel in Sir W. Hamilton 66 In place of demonstration, there come forward assertions and the recountments of what is ready-found in consciousness as facts.
1914 P. F. Martin Maximilian in Mexico 12 Passing events may have suggested their recountment.
1983 Oikos 41 198/2 Each new recountment of the story appears to add to its authenticity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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