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recitation

recitation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.
  2. 2.(Colleges and Schools) The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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