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Recite

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re⋅cite

  [ri-sahyt] verb, -cit⋅ed, -cit⋅ing.
Use Recite in a Sentence
–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

Related forms:
re⋅cit⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅cit⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
3. narrate, describe. See relate. 4. count, number, detail.
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re·cite   (rĭ-sīt')   
v.   re·cit·ed, re·cit·ing, re·cites

v.   tr.

  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.

v.   intr.

  1. To deliver a recitation.

  2. 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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Word Origin & History

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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