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Recitation
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences. Hammond.
2. The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.
3. The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.