Definition of recite - WordReference.com Dictionary

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recite
A	verb
	1	recite
			repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"
		Category Tree: utter; emit; let out; let loose ╚repeat; echo ╚recite ╚count ╚rattle down; rattle off; reel off; spiel off; roll off ╚say ╚spell
	2	enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise
			specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚convey; impart ╚mean; intend ╚denote; refer ╚name; identify ╚enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise ╚list; name
	3	tell, narrate, recount, recite
			narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚inform ╚tell, narrate, recount, recite ╚yarn ╚crack ╚relate
	4	declaim, recite
			recite in elocution
		Category Tree: perform; execute; do ╚declaim, recite ╚scan ╚perorate ╚elocute
	5	recite, retell
			render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚re-create ╚recite, retell