recite : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: recite	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for recite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recite v recite in elocution Synonym(s): declaim, recite repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day" render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story" Synonym(s): recite, retell narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" Synonym(s): tell, narrate, recount, recite specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug" Synonym(s): enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recite \Re*cite"\, v. i. To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recite \Re*cite"\, n. A recital. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recite \Recite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reciting}.] [F. r[82]citer, fr. L. recitare, recitatum; pref. re- re- + citare to call or name, to cite. See {Cite}.] 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) To state in or as a recital. See {Recital}, 5. Syn: To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe; recapitulate; detail; number; count.