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recite

[ ri-sahyt ]

verb (used with object)

, re·cit·ed, re·cit·ing.
  1. to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially 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.

    Synonyms: describe, narrate

  4. to enumerate.

    Synonyms: detail, number, count



verb (used without object)

, re·cit·ed, re·cit·ing.
  1. to recite a lesson or part of a lesson for a teacher.
  2. to recite or repeat something from memory.

recite

/ rɪˈsaɪt /

verb

  1. to repeat (a poem, passage, etc) aloud from memory before an audience, teacher, etc
  2. tr to give a detailed account of
  3. tr to enumerate (examples, etc)


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Derived Forms

  • reˈciter, noun
  • reˈcitable, adjective

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Other Words From

  • re·cita·ble adjective
  • re·citer noun
  • prere·cite verb (used with object) prerecited prereciting
  • unre·cited adjective
  • well-re·cited adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of recite1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English reciten, from Latin recitāre “to read aloud,” equivalent to re- + citāre “to summon”; re-, cite 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of recite1

C15: from Latin recitāre to cite again, from re- + citāre to summon; see cite

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Synonym Study

See relate.

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Example Sentences

They sing songs and recite prayers in order to maintain the holy balance of nature between Father Sun and Mother Ocean.

For now, he is using it to recite some of the greatest rap lyrics ever written eight times a week.

Early reports claimed that the armed assailants demanded that everyone present recite the shahada, “Laillhailla Allahu.”

“She chose me to recite a ‘Gedicht,’ a poem,” Friedel told me in 2002, her voice still revealing her pride in that moment.

He could recite reams of Frost, Dickinson, Whitman, and Lowell, and he did so while I stood there, amazed.

He wrote the fine poem of “Little Jim,” which everyone knew, and which almost every boy and girl could recite.

As before suggested, let the pupil recite the foregoing ten events forwards and the reverse way several times from memory.

Sosimo asked on behalf of the Roman Catholics that they might be allowed to recite the prayers for the dead.

Suppose that Dunsey came home the night he staked Wildfire, recite the conversation between him and Godfrey.

On New Year's day they recite in the synagogues the record of the binding of Isaac for the same purpose.

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