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Webster 1913 Edition


Recite

Re-cite′

(rē̍-sīt′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Recited
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Reciting
.]
[F.
réciter
, fr. L.
recitare
,
recitatum
; pref.
re-
re- +
citare
to call or name, to cite. See
Cite
.]
1.
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.
To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate;
as, to
recite
past events; to
recite
the particulars of a voyage.
3.
To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.
4.
(Law)
To state in or as a recital. See
Recital
, 5.
Syn. – To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe; recapitulate; detail; number; count.

Re-cite′

,
Verb.
I.
To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.

Re-cite′

,
Noun.
A recital.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Temple.

Webster 1828 Edition


Recite

RECI'TE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. recito; re and cito, to call or name.]
1.
To rehearse; to repeat the words of another or of a writing; as, to recite the words of an author or of a deed or covenant.
2.
In writing, to copy; as, the words of a deed are recited in the pleading.
3.
To tell over; to relate; to narrate; as to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.
4.
To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.
5.
To enumerate.

RECI'TE

,
Verb.
I.
To rehearse a lesson. The class will recite at eleven o'clock.

Definition 2024


récite

récite

See also: recite, récité, and recité

French

Verb

récite

  1. first-person singular present indicative of réciter
  2. third-person singular present indicative of réciter
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of réciter
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of réciter
  5. second-person singular imperative of réciter

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