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Re*cord" (r?*k?rd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Recording.] [OE. recorden to repeat, remind, F. recorder, fr. L. recordari to remember; pref. re- re- + cor, cordis, the heart or mind. See Cordial, Heart.] 1. To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate. [Obs.] "I it you record." Chaucer.

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.
Fairfax.

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.
1 Esd. i. 42.

To record a deed, mortgage, 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.

Re*cord", v. i. 1. To reflect; to ponder. [Obs.]

Praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read.
Fuller.

2. To sing or repeat a tune. [Obs.] Shak.

Whether the birds or she recorded best.
W. Browne.

Rec"ord (r&ebreve;k"&etilde;rd), n. [OF. recort, record, remembrance, attestation, record. See Record, v. t.] 1. A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew kings; a record of the variations of temperature during a certain time; a family record.

2. Especially: (a) An official contemporaneous writing by which the acts of some public body, or public officer, are recorded; as, a record of city ordinances; the records of the receiver of taxes. (b) An authentic official copy of a document which has been entered in a book, or deposited in the keeping of some officer designated by law. (c) An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record. (d) The various legal papers used in a case, together with memoranda of the proceedings of the court; as, it is not permissible to allege facts not in the record.

3. Testimony; witness; attestation.

John bare record, saying.
John i. 32.

4. That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.

5. That which has been, or might be, recorded; the known facts in the course, progress, or duration of anything, as in the life of a public man; as, a politician with a good or a bad record.

6. That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race.

Court of record (pron. r&?;*k&?;rd" in Eng.), a court whose acts and judicial proceedings are written on parchment or in books for a perpetual memorial. -- Debt of record, a debt which appears to be due by the evidence of a court of record, as upon a judgment or a cognizance. -- Trial by record, a trial which is had when a matter of record is pleaded, and the opposite party pleads that there is no such record. In this case the trial is by inspection of the record itself, no other evidence being admissible.Blackstone. -- To beat, or break, the record(Sporting), to surpass any performance of like kind as authoritatively recorded; as, to break the record in a walking match.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • Information put into a lasting physical medium.
         The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime.
  • The most extreme known value of some achievement, particularly in competitive events.
         The heat and humidity were both new records.
         The team set a new record for most points scored in a quarter.
  • A vinyl disc/disk on which music or other sounds are recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.
         I still like records better than CDs.
  • (music) The music on such a disc/disk.
         She's upstairs listening to Kylie's latest record.
  • (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
  • To make a record of information.
          I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.
  • Specifically, to make an audio or video recording of.
          Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.
  • (law) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
          When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house.
  • To make an audio or video recording.
          Is that thing still recording? Oops!
  • Establishing a new best achievement or extreme value.
         Despite the record heat and humidity, they ran in record time.

    French
  • record (most extreme known value of some achievement)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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