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Pronunciation : Re*cite"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. r?citer, fr. L. recitare, recitatum; pref. re- re- + citare to call or name, to cite. See Cite.]
Definition : 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)

Defn: To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5.

Syn. -- To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe; recapitulate; detail; number; count.

t. [imp. & p. p. Recited; p. pr. & vb. n. Reciting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*cite"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*cite"
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A recital. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913