Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.]

            They longed to see the day, to hear the lark Record
            her hymns, and chant her carols blest. --Fairfax.

   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.

            Those things that are recorded of him . . . are
            written in the chronicles of the kings. --1 Esd. i.
                                                  42.

   {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.

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.

Source : WordNet®

recording
     n 1: signal encoding 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:
         {transcription}]
     3: a storage device on which information (sounds or images)
        have been recorded