recite
recite is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is recite.
- What is to tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage called?
- What is to rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor called?
- What is to state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5 called?
- What is to repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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