Recited
[ri'saitid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Recite
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Examples
- The other clauses contained in that document were of a formal kind, and need not be recited here. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- They recited the verses which they had composed, to celebrate his valour and his victories. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I opened the package, set up the machine and recited, 'Mary had a little lamb,' etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The original recited version of the _Iliad_ was older than that of the _Odyssey_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Chanted originally to the chiefs and leading men in hall, they were now recited at the public festivals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Eustacia had occasionally heard the part recited before. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The articles of the friendly move are then severally recited and agreed upon. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In this tone he slowly recited the following paragraph: EXECUTOR'S SALE,--NEGROES! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Joe recited this couplet with such manifest pride and careful perspicuity, that I asked him if he had made it himself. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Dorothea told him that she had seen Lydgate, and recited the gist of her conversation with him about the Hospital. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He recited the passage deliberately, accurately, with slow, impressive emphasis. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I recited 'Mary,' etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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