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verb

Recite v. t. (past & past part. recited; pres. part. reciting)

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.

To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.

To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.

(Law) To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5.

Synonyms: To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe; recapitulate; detail; number; count.

Recite v. i. To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.

noun

Recite n. A recital. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Recite'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... of government, and are controlled by a bureau of their own, in common with the Court musicians. They are supported from the national treasury, and they are in evidence at official dinners and all palace entertainments. They read and recite; they dance and sing; they become accomplished artists and musicians. They dress with exceptional taste; they move with exceeding grace; they are delicate in appearance, very frail and very human, very tender, sympathetic, ...

— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis

... country boy, who was so bashful, and so lacking in self-confidence that he hardly dared recite before his class in the log schoolhouse, ...

— Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life • Orison Swett Marden

... in three pieces," as the Pyramid Texts relate. Thereupon the faithful son went in solemn procession to the grave of his father, opened it, and called upon Osiris to rise: "Stand up! Thou shalt not end, thou shalt not perish!" But death was deaf. Here the Pyramid Texts recite the mortuary ritual, with its hymns and chants; but in vain. At length Osiris awakes, weary and feeble, and by the aid of the strong grip of the lion-god he gains control of his body, and is lifted from death to life.[41] Thereafter, by virtue of his victory over death, Osiris becomes ...

— The Builders - A Story and Study of Masonry • Joseph Fort Newton

... are placed at equal intervals along either side to paddle, and they keep excellent stroke to the song of two leaders, who stand up and recite short alternate sentences, giving the time with the taiaha, or long wooden spear. The taiaha is rather a long-handled club than a spear. It is generally made of manuka, a very hard, dark, close-grained and heavy wood. The taiaha is about six feet ...

— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris

... médaille miraculeuse, recite avec piété cette invocation, se trouve placé sous la protection spéciale de la Mère de Dieu; c'est une promesse de ...

— Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 • James Richardson

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