Reaccount
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To account again.; To update financial accounts.
"The present action was brought by the heirs against the administrator Stone, his sureties and the purchasers of the land, asking that the sales of the land be set aside upon the ground that the decree of sale was void because the plaintiffs had not been served with process so as to make them parties to the action, alleging that the negligent conduct of the administrator in failing to dispose of the slaves was the cause of their loss and of the necessity to sell the land to pay the debts and asking that he be compelled to account for the value of the slaves, and to reaccount."
- 2 To account again.; To explain or describe again.
"There seems to be no question that the apostolic charisma that shone on the foreheads of those who gathered centuries ago in the Upper Room have reappeared in other forms from time to time in the history of the Church. There is no need to reaccount all of them here."
Example
More examples"The present action was brought by the heirs against the administrator Stone, his sureties and the purchasers of the land, asking that the sales of the land be set aside upon the ground that the decree of sale was void because the plaintiffs had not been served with process so as to make them parties to the action, alleging that the negligent conduct of the administrator in failing to dispose of the slaves was the cause of their loss and of the necessity to sell the land to pay the debts and asking that he be compelled to account for the value of the slaves, and to reaccount."
Etymology
From re- + account.
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