recount
verb (used with object)
to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
am recounting
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present progressiveof recount (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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A celebrated orator said one day to an assembly of Frenchmen: "I am long, Gentlemen; but it is your own fault: it is your glory that I am recounting."
From The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism by Downton, Henry
Sir, I am recounting the facts, and only the facts.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn
Marvel not, my friend, if I utter things aërial and sublime; for I am recounting the wonders of my late journey.
From Trips to the Moon by Francklin, Thomas
O my Creator, oh, that I had anything worth recounting amid so many evil things, when I am recounting the great mercies I received at Thy hands!
From The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus by Teresa, of Avila, Saint
