What does "recite" mean?
Recite: To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.
Additional senses
- 2.To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.
- 3.(Law) To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5.
- 4.To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.
- 5.A recital. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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