Record \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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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