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[ri-sahyt]

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verb (used with object)

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

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

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

to enumerate.

verb (used without object)

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

to recite or repeat something from memory.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English reciten < Latin recitāre to read aloud, equivalent to re- re- + citāre to summon, cite¹

Related forms

re·cit·a·ble, adjective

re·cit·er, noun

pre·re·cite, verb (used with object), -cit·ed, -cit·ing.

un·re·cit·ed, adjective

well-re·cit·ed, adjective

Synonyms
3. narrate, describe. See relate. 4. count, number, detail.

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I've had two of my children refuse to recite the pledge in.

Students pick from a list of poems and recite them from memory.

Think critically and don't recite gibberish as though it is true.

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I've had two of my children refuse to recite the pledge in.

Students pick from a list of poems and recite them from memory.

Think critically and don't recite gibberish as though it is true.

We tell jokes and recite movie lines and speculate on the poor buggers who had to build this bloody thing.

The man who could recite whole books by heart but could not button his own shirt has died.

Still, the light was enough to inspire me to recite poetry.

And it connects to a wireless computer server to recite information about cars.

It also demands a performer who can move and recite verse.

The researchers tested his accuracy by prompting him with two lines from the poem and asking him to recite the next ten.

He wants them to recite texts by heart-and many, but not all, of them eventually do so.

Have them point to places on the map as they recite their address.

Subjects were given a memory test known as the false fame paradigm, in which they were asked to recite a list of unfamiliar names.

Hayutman can recite the history for hours, but he prefers to talk about the future.

People around here can recite the names as though they were family.

They can either recite it in my office, or in public.

Contestants have three minutes to recite a poem of their own composition.

They recite techno mumbo jumbo they don't understand.

Now, he can recite the trajectory as if it were gospel.

Participants were then asked to walk down the hall to a second room where they would recite the number they had memorized.

Many can also recite annoying jingles more readily than their times tables.

And as the hype solidifies into conventional wisdom, almost anyone can recite the narrative.

They recite prayers at his black-marble tomb and circle back down in a flowing parade of adoration.

Some don't care about the ornaments, but others are proud of their collection and can recite which ornament came in which year.

Every morning, they recite the pledge of allegiance here.

Our task is to develop students ability to use information not to recite it.

Use your imagination, don't recite your business school credo.

It'd be rather dull to only recite our own direct experiences.

All they do is recite the scriptures or sutras and meditate.

Merely having read the material and being able to recite it verbatim is neither education nor learning.

Not to the point of ridiculousness, but they are not there simply to recite what you tell them.

Then, when a waiter in rough white shirt and black pants clomped over to recite the.

McDaniel's finding that one can remember material better if you make yourself rewrite it and/or recite it from memory.

Now our children can't recite multiplication tables or add, but they're great at concepts.

Recite facts as if you were reciting the periodic table.

As they finished, the girls giggled and screamed and begged to recite it a second time.

Verinder failed a sobriety test in which, among other things, he was unable to recite the alphabet.

Giuliani and others reciting the names of the dead, children related to the victims will recite that grim list.

For visitors, she would recite various species she raised.

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World English Dictionary

recite (rɪˈsaɪt)

—vb
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)

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

re'citable

—*adj*

re'citer

—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

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recorded from 1484; meaning "repetition of a prepared lesson" is first recorded 1770, Amer.Eng.

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