Recite
[rɪ'saɪt]
Definition
(verb.) repeat aloud from memory; 'she recited a poem'; 'The pupil recited his lesson for the day'.
(verb.) render verbally, 'recite a poem'; 'retell a story'.
Typist: Susan--From WordNet
Definition
(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. 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. i.) To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.
(n.) A recital.
Inputed by Augustine
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Repeat, rehearse, say by heart, repeat by note.[2]. Narrate, relate, tell.[3]. Enumerate, tell over.
Checker: Zelig
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Narrate, recapitulate, say_by_heart, repeat, rehearse, quote, speak, tell, recount,enumerate
ANT:Misquote, misdeliver, misrecount, misrenumerate, misrepresent
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Definition
v.t. to read aloud from paper or repeat from memory: to narrate: to give the particulars of.—v.i. to rehearse in public.—ns. Recī′tal act of reciting: rehearsal: that which is recited: a narration: a vocal or instrumental performance as a piano recital: (law) that part of a deed which recites the circumstances; Recitation (res-i-tā′shun) act of reciting: a public reading: rehearsal; Recitā′tionist a public reciter; Recitative (-tēv′) (mus.) a style of song resembling declamation a kind of union of song and speech.—adj. in the style of recitative.—adv. Recitative′ly in the manner of recitative.—ns. Recitati′vo (mus.) recitative; Recit′er; Recit′ing-note a note in chanting on which several syllables are sung.
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Examples
- He proceeded to recite the following. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She learnt the best by heart, and would often recite them when we were alone together. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There isn't a man in the United States who could recite those names with the same rapidity. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He may be able to recite, but the recital is a mechanical rehearsal. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Its evolution from the ancient harp, gleaned by man from the wind, that grand old harper, who smote his thunder harp of pines, is too long a story to here recite in detail. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He commenced to recite Biblical names with immense rapidity. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You managed to recite it with a steady voice, Caroline. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- 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.
- But will you let me assume, without reciting them, that these things are true? Plato. The Republic.
- Mrs Boffin complied, by reciting the verses in which this obliging offer had been made, exactly as she had received them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And a narrative it remains both in the speeches which the poet recites from time to time and in the intermediate passages? Plato. The Republic.
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