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re⋅cite

[ri-sahyt]

verb, -cit⋅ed, -cit⋅ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to repeat the words of, as from memory, esp. in a formal manner: to recite a lesson.

2.	to repeat (a piece of poetry or prose) before an audience, as for entertainment.

3.	to give an account of: to recite one's adventures.

4.	to enumerate.

–verb (used without object)

5.	to recite a lesson or part of a lesson for a teacher.

6.	to recite or repeat something from memory.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME reciten < L recitāre to read aloud, equiv. to re- re- + citāre to summon, cite ¹

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Language Translation for : Recite

Spanish:

recitar,

German:

aufsagen,

Japanese:

朗唱する

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re·cite   (rĭ-sīt') Pronunciation Key
v.   re·cit·ed, re·cit·ing, re·cites

v.   tr.

To repeat or utter aloud (something rehearsed or memorized), especially before an audience.
To relate in detail. See Synonyms at describe.
To list or enumerate.

v. intr.

To deliver a recitation.
To repeat lessons prepared or memorized.

[Middle English reciten, from Old French reciter, from Latin recitāre, to read out : re-, re- + citāre, to quote; see cite.]
re·cit'er n.

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recite

1430, from L. recitare "read aloud, repeat from memory," from re- "back, again" + citare "to summon" (see cite). Recital is first attested 1512 as a legal term for "formal statement of relevant facts;" musical performance sense is from 1811. Recitation "act of rehearsing" is recorded from 1484; meaning "repetition of a prepared lesson" is first recorded 1770, Amer.Eng.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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recite
verb
1.	recite in elocution [syn: declaim]
2.	repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"
3.	render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story"
4.	narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" [syn: tell]
5.	specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug" [syn: enumerate]

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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.

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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.

Recite

Re*cite"\, n. A recital. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.