II. Recite·vt To state in or as a recital. ·seeRecital, 5.
III. Recite·vt To rehearse, as a lesson to an Instructor.
IV. Recite·vi To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.
V. Recite·vt To tell over; to go over in particulars; to Relate; to Narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.
VI. Recite·vt 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.
recite
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1. repeat aloud (a poem or passage) from memory before an audience.
2. state (names, facts, etc.) in order.
Derivatives
recitation noun
reciter noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. reciter or L. recitare 'read out', from re- (expressing intensive force) + citare 'cite'.
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Recitation
A recitation in a general sense is the act of reciting from memory, or a formal reading of verse or other writing before an audience.
Public recitation is the act of reciting a work of writing before an audience.