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Recite
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A recital. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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. To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5.
Synonyms: rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe; recapitulate; detail; number; count.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.