Recite /(rē̇*sīt")/

Re·cite

Recite

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Recited; p. pr. & vb. n. Reciting

  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. (Law)

Recite

v. i.
  1. To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.

Recite

n.
  1. A recital. [Obs.]