Main Entry: ¹re·cord

Pronunciation: \ri-ˈkȯrd\

Function: verb

Etymology: Middle English, literally, to recall, from Anglo-French recorder, from Latin recordari, from re- + cord-, cor heart — more at heart

Date: 14th century

transitive verb 1 a (1) : to set down in writing : furnish written evidence of (2) : to deposit an authentic official copy of <record a deed> b : to state for or as if for the record <voted in favor but recorded certain reservations> c (1) : to register permanently by mechanical means <earthquake shocks recorded by a seismograph> (2) : indicate, read <the thermometer recorded 90°>
2 : to give evidence of
3 : to cause (as sound, visual images, or data) to be registered on something (as a disc or magnetic tape) in reproducible formintransitive verb : to record something

— re·cord·able \-ˈkȯr-də-bəl\ adjective