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.

Record
(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.

Record
(Rec"ord) 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

Reconvert
(Re`con*vert") v. t. To convert again. Milton.

Reconvert
(Re*con"vert) n. A person who has been reconverted. Gladstone.

Reconvertible
(Re`con*vert"i*ble) a. (Chem.) Capable of being reconverted; convertible again to the original form or condition.

Reconvey
(Re`con*vey") v. t.

1. To convey back or to the former place; as, to reconvey goods.

2. To transfer back to a former owner; as, to reconvey an estate.

Reconveyance
(Re`con*vey"ance) n. Act of reconveying.

Recopy
(Re*cop"y) v. t. To copy again.

Record
(Re*cord") 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.


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