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Recite

Recite Meaning & Definition
Recite Definition And Meaning

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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