Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Record
recompenserecord (-ed, -ing, -s)
record, n. [see record, v.] (webplay: flute, heart, recite, tune).
- Knowledge; recognition; memorial; mortal memory; human history; official documentation; historical chronicle; earthly annals; proof resulting from a written account.
- Phrase. “On record”: in a written account; to the knowledge of humanity as a whole.
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