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/rəkˈɔrdɪŋ/ /rɪkˈɔrdɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Record v. t. (past & past part. recorded; pres. part. recording)

1.

To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate. (Obs.) "I it you record."

2.

To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. (Obs.) "They longed to see the day, to hear the lark Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest."

3.

To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events. "Those things that are recorded of him... are written in the chronicles of the kings."

To record a deed, To record a mortgage, To record a lease, etc., to have a copy of the same entered in the records of the office designated by law, for the information of the public.

Record v. i.

1.

To reflect; to ponder. (Obs.) "Praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read."

2.

To sing or repeat a tune. (Obs.) "Whether the birds or she recorded best."

adjective

Recording adj. Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording secretary; applied to numerous instruments with an automatic appliance which makes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge or telegraph.

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Etymology of 'Recording'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Recording" Quotes from Famous Books

... whose face reminded him of his Uncle Silas, there had been shrinking antagonism at the first glance—which keen first impression was presently dulled and all but effaced by the enthusiasm, the suave tongue, and the benignant manner. Which proves that insight, like the film of a recording camera, should have the dark shutter snapped on it if the ...

— The Quickening • Francis Lynde

... of all such prophecies was, I have no doubt, the expected return of the hero-gods, whose myths I have been recording. Both of them represented in their original forms the light of day, which disappears at nightfall but returns at dawn with unfailing certainty. When the natural phenomenon had become lost in its personification, this expectation of a return remained and led the priests, ...

— American Hero-Myths - A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent • Daniel G. Brinton

... evening and night passed without any event worth recording. I kept the door of communication between the bedroom and dressing-room wide open all night, determined that Augusta Darrell should not be in that room without my knowledge; but the night passed, and ...

— Milly Darrell and Other Tales • M. E. Braddon

... men of old—perchance a prize More precious yet in yon papyrus lies, And see ev'n still the tokens of their toil— The waxen tablets—the recording style. The earth, with faithful watch, has hoarded all! Still stand the mute penates in the hall; Back to his haunts returns each ancient god. Why absent only from their ancient stand The priests?—waves Hermes his Caducean ...

— The Works of Frederich Schiller in English • Frederich Schiller

... rapscallions came in, and I was just tryin' to figure out where to begin. We're not bein' unco-operative. Let's see now—" He gazed at the ceiling as though trying to collect his thoughts. He knew perfectly well that the police sergeant was recording everything he said. ...

— Unwise Child • Gordon Randall Garrett

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