About The Word Recite
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Recite
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What's The Definition Of Recite?
[v] repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"
[v] specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug" [v] narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" [v] recite in elocution [v] render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story" Synonyms | Synonyms for Recite: declaim | enumerate | itemise | itemize | narrate | recount | retell | spin | tell Related Terms | Find terms related to Recite: See Also | count | do | echo | elocute | execute | identify | inform | list | mouth | name | perform | perorate | rattle down | rattle off | re-create | reel off | relate | repeat | rhapsodise | rhapsodize | roll off | say | scan | speak | spell | spiel off | talk | utter | verbalise | verbalize | yarn Recite In Webster's Dictionary \Re*cite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recited}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Reciting}.] [F. r['e]citer, fr. L. recitare, recitatum;
pref. re- re- + citare to call or name, to cite. See {Cite}.]
1. To repeat, as something already prepared, written down,
committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a
written or printed document, or from recollection; to
rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a
deed or covenant.
2. To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to
narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the
particulars of a voyage.
3. To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.
4. (Law) To state in or as a recital. See {Recital}, 5.
Syn: To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe;
recapitulate; detail; number; count.
\Re*cite"\, v. i. To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned. \Re*cite"\, n. A recital. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple. |
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