Re*cite" (r&esl;*sīt"), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Recited; p. pr. & vb.
n. Reciting.] [F. réciter, 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.
Re*cite", v. i. To repeat,
pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or
committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.
Re*cite", n. A recital.
[Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
