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recite
[ri-sahyt]
verb (used with object)
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner.
to recite a lesson.
to repeat (a piece of poetry or prose) before an audience, as for entertainment.
to give an account of.
to recite one's adventures.
to enumerate.
verb (used without object)
to recite a lesson or part of a lesson for a teacher.
to recite or repeat something from memory.
recite
/ rɪˈsaɪt /
verb
to repeat (a poem, passage, etc) aloud from memory before an audience, teacher, etc
(tr) to give a detailed account of
(tr) to enumerate (examples, etc)
Other Word Forms
- recitable adjective
- reciter noun
- prerecite verb (used with object)
- unrecited adjective
- well-recited adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of recite1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“Believe it or not, I was incredibly shy,” he said, recounting his fear at having to recite poetry in school.
“Write the vision and make it plain,” she recited.
It means sweating in a suit, watching Ma cry up close, and reciting that dumb grief script to everyone who asks, under threat of Ma’s heat vision.
She could multiply fractions, turn a cartwheel, and recite entire stanzas of “The Wreck of the Hesperus,” a marvelous poem about a shipwreck by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
“Tyger, Tyger, burning bright,” Cassiopeia recited, for in addition to that attractively striped coat, the cat had gleaming amber eyes that burned bright as candles.
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