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 verb1 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 of3: 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