- (v.t.) To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.
- (v.t.) To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.
- (v.t.) To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5.
- (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.
- (v.i.) To repeat, pronounce or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.
- (n.) A recital.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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