recite
VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (5)recites, recited, reciting
- recite in elocutionSynonyms: declaimMore general perform, executeMore specific elocute, scan, perorateInvolves talk, speak
- repeat aloud from memory“she recited a poem”“The pupil recited his lesson for the day”More general repeat, echoMore specific count, spell, say, rattle down
- render verbally“recite a poem”“retell a story”Synonyms: retellMore general re-create, recreate
- narrate or give a detailed account of“Tell what happened”“The father told a story to his child”Synonyms: tellnarraterecountMore general informMore specific relate, crack, yarn, rhapsodize
- specify individually“She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered”“The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug”Synonyms: enumerateitemizeitemiseMore general name, identifyMore specific list, name
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. réciter, 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.
Synonyms: To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe; recapitulate; detail; number; count.
To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.
A recital. obsolete Sir William Temple
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54