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Recite

//ɹɪˈsaɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience. transitive

    "Janice is able to recite pi to 100 decimals."

  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of re-cite (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography). alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    repeat aloud from memory wordnet
  4. 4
    To list or enumerate something. transitive
  5. 5
    specify individually wordnet
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  1. 6
    To deliver a recitation. intransitive
  2. 7
    narrate or give a detailed account of wordnet
  3. 8
    recite in elocution wordnet
  4. 9
    render verbally wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English reciten, from Old French reciter, from Latin recitō.

Etymology 2

From re- + cite.

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