recite Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb recite in elocution
declaim.
verb repeat aloud from memory
- she recited a poem
- The pupil recited his lesson for the day
verb render verbally, "recite a poem"
retell.
- retell a story
verb narrate or give a detailed account of
tell; narrate; recount.
- Tell what happened
- The father told a story to his child
verb specify individually
itemise; itemize; enumerate.
- She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered
- The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug

F. réciter, fr. L. recitare, recitatum; pref. re- re- + citare to call or name, to cite. See Cite.

imperfect & past participle Recited; present participle & verbal noun Reciting

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.
To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.
To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.
(Law) To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5. Syn. -- To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe; recapitulate; detail; number; count.

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