Category:Recite

Re*cite", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recited; p. pr. & vb. n. Reciting.] Etym: [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)

Defn: to state in or as a recital. See recital, 5.

Syn. -- to rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe; recapitulate; Detail; number; count.

Recite Re*cite", v. i.

Defn: to repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, Something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson Learned.

Recite Re*cite", n.

Defn: a recital. [obs.] Sir w. Temple.