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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

recite

recite

See also: récite, récité, and recité

English

Verb

recite ‎(third-person singular simple present recites, present participle reciting, simple past and past participle recited)

  1. (transitive) To repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, often before an audience
  2. (transitive) To list or enumerate something
  3. (intransitive) To deliver a recitation

Related terms

Translations

to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, often before an audience

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

recite f

  1. plural of recita

Portuguese

Verb

recite

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of recitar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of recitar
  3. third-person singular imperative of recitar

Spanish

Verb

recite

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of recitar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of recitar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of recitar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of recitar.

Etymology

From Old French reciter, from Latin recitare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈsaɪt/

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