recite

To recite is to read something out loud, to tell in detail, or to repeat something you have memorized for an audience.

(verb)

  1. When you say the Pledge of Allegiance every morning in school from memory, this is an example of when you recite.
  2. When you list the names of the states in alphabetical order, this is an example of when you recite the names of the states.

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See recite in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb recited, reciting

  1. to repeat or say aloud from or as from memory, esp. in a formal way; give a recitation on (a lesson) in class or of (a poem, speech, etc.) before an audience
  2. to tell in detail; give an account of; narrate; relate
  3. to enumerate

Origin: ME reciten < OFr reciter < L recitare: see re- & cite

intransitive verb

  1. to repeat or say aloud something memorized
  2. ☆ to recite a lesson or part of a lesson in a class

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See recite in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb re·cit·ed, re·cit·ing, re·cites
verb, transitive
  1. To repeat or utter aloud (something rehearsed or memorized), especially before an audience.
  2. To relate in detail. See Synonyms at describe.
  3. To list or enumerate.
verb, intransitive
  1. To deliver a recitation.
  2. To repeat lessons prepared or memorized.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English reciten

Origin: , from Old French reciter

Origin: , from Latin recitāre, to read out

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + citāre, to quote; see cite

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Related Forms:

  • re·citˈer noun

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