recite
verb (used with object)
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner.
reciter
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a word derived from
recite.
Example Sentences
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Most Muslims follow a tradition of having a reciter read the entire Koran to the community during Ramadan, one part per night.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2021
Sunday morning was all silliness with William Walton’s “Façade — an Entertainment,” which Hannigan conducted and acted as a reciter along with other singers, including Morris, each performer competing in outlandish dress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2019
Showing the face of the reciter doesn’t quite seem to rise to the level of “necessary.”
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2017
Reciting poetry off by heart is indeed a very pleasurable activity – for the reciter.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2016
She listened, therefore, with unspeakable eagerness to this reciter, who detailed to her, as the occasion suggested, the progress of action and opinion on the theatre of France and Poland.
From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
