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recite |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recite \Re*cite"\, v. i. To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recite \Re*cite"\, n. A recital. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recite \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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: recite v 1: recite in elocution [syn: {declaim}] 2: repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem" 3: render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story" [syn: {retell}] 4: narrate or give a detailed account of "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" [syn: {tell}, {narrate}, {recount}, {spin}]
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