Recite
Definition of Recite
Re`cite´ Pronunciation: rė`sīt´ | v. t. | 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. | | v. i. | 1. | To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned. | | n. | 1. | A recital. |
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