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Definition of Recite
1. Verb. Recite in elocution.
Specialized synonyms: Elocute, Perorate, Scan
Entails: Mouth, Speak, Talk, Utter, Verbalise, Verbalize
Generic synonyms: Do, Execute, Perform
Derivative terms: Declamation, Recitation
2. Verb. Repeat aloud from memory. "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"
Generic synonyms: Echo, Repeat
Derivative terms: Recitation
3. Verb. Render verbally,. "Retell a story"
4. Verb. Narrate or give a detailed account of. "They won't recite the story "; "The father told a story to his child"
Generic synonyms: Inform
Specialized synonyms: Relate, Crack, Yarn, Rhapsodise, Rhapsodize
Derivative terms: Narration, Narration, Narration, Narrative, Narrator, Recital, Recital, Recounting, Tale, Teller, Telling
5. Verb. Specify individually. "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"
Specialized synonyms: List, Name
Generic synonyms: Identify, Name
Derivative terms: Enumeration, Item, Item, Item, Item, Itemisation, Item, Item, Item, Item, Item, Itemization
Definition of Recite
1. v. t. To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant.
2. v. i. To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.
3. n. A recital.
Definition of Recite
1. Verb. (transitive) To repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, often before an audience ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To list or enumerate something ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To deliver a recitation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Recite
1. to declaim or say from memory [v -CITED, -CITING, -CITES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recite
Literary usage of Recite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order with Copious Illustrations by George Crabb (1904)
"We re-prat literally what we hear spoken by another; but we recite and ...
The way has been to recite, it at the prime or first hour every Lord's-day. ..."
2. Practical Elocution: For Use in Colleges and Schools and by Private Students by Jacob W. Shoemaker (1883)
"recite examples of Middle Lines—One Hand Supine. 380- recite examples of Middle
Lines—Both ... recite examples of Ascending Lines—Both Hands Supine. 383. ..."
3. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"To recite is to repeat in a formal manner ; to rehearse is to repeat or recite by
... We repeat both actions and words ; we recite only words : we repeat ..."
4. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"To recite, rehearse, and recapitulate are modes of repetition, ... To recite is
to repeal in a formal manner; to rehearse (from Latin re, again, ..."
5. A Practical Grammar: In which Words, Phrases, and Sentences are Classified by Stephen Watkins Clark (1860)
"If we recite, If we be reciting, 2 I If ye recite, J If ye be reciting, 3. ...
To recite. To be reciting. PRIOK PRESENT. To have recited To have been ..."
6. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"... dependent upon conformity to the method of issue prescribed by the statute.1 When
refunding bonds recite that they are issued 1 Sherman County v. ..."
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