2.
To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.]
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-Praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read. Fuller.
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2.
To sing or repeat a tune. [Obs.] Shak.
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-Whether the birds or she recorded best. W. Browne.
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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 justice; a judicial record. (d)
The various legal papers used in a case, together with memoranda of the proceedings of the court; as, it is not permissible to allege facts not in the record.
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3.
Testimony; witness; attestation.
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-John bare record, saying. John i. 32.
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4.
That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.
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5.
That which has been, or might be, recorded; the known facts in the course, progress, or duration of anything, as in the life of a public man; as, a politician with a good or a bad record.
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6.
That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race.
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