The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Record \Re*cord"\ (r?*k?rd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recorded; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Recording.] [OE. recorden to repeat, remind,
   F. recorder, fr. L. recordari to remember; pref. re- re- +
   cor, cordis, the heart or mind. See Cordial, Heart.]
   1. To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.
      [Obs.] "I it you record." --Chaucer.
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   2. To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.]
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            They longed to see the day, to hear the lark
            Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest.
                                                  --Fairfax.
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   3. To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to
      printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to
      write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose
      of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to
      enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to
      record historical events.
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            Those things that are recorded of him . . . are
            written in the chronicles of the kings. --1 Esd. i.
                                                  42.
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   To record a deed, mortgage, lease, etc., to have a copy
      of the same entered in the records of the office
      designated by law, for the information of the public.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Recording \Re*cord"ing\, a.
   Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording secretary; --
   applied to numerous instruments with an automatic appliance
   which makes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge
   or telegraph.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

recording
    n 1: a signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound)
         that has been recorded
    2: the act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she
       watched the recording from a sound-proof booth" [syn:
       recording, transcription]
    3: a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have
       been recorded