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Webster'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.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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