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Pos: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Verb recite has 5 senses

1.  recite(v = verb.communication) declaim - recite in elocution;
is one way to do, execute, perform
Derived form noun recitation2
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something

2.  recite(v = verb.communication) - repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"
is one way to
echo, repeat
Derived form noun recitation1
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

3.  recite(v = verb.creation) retell - render verbally,; "recite a poem"; "retell a story"
is one way to re-create
Derived forms noun recital3, noun recitation2
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

4.  recite(v = verb.communication) narrate, recount, tell - narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
is one way to inform
Derived forms noun recital1, noun recital5
Sample sentences: The parents recite a French poem to the children

5.  recite(v = verb.communication) enumerate, itemise, itemize - specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"
is one way to identify, name
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

recite, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3.  To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor. [1913 Webster]

4.  To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5. [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe; recapitulate; detail; number; count.

recite, v. i.

   To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned. [1913 Webster]


recite, n.

   A recital. Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

recite, v.
1 tr. repeat aloud or declaim (a poem or passage) from memory, esp. before an audience.
2 intr. give a recitation.
3 tr. mention in order; enumerate.

Derivative:
reciter n.

Etymology:
ME f. OF reciter or L recitare (as RE-, CITE)


[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Speech

VB  speak of, say, utter, pronounce, deliver, give utterance to, utter forth, pour forth, breathe, let fall, come out with, rap out, blurt out have on one's lips, have at the end of one's tongue, have at the tip of one's tongue, break silence, open one's lips, open one's mouth, lift one's voice, raise one's voice, give the tongue, wag the tongue, talk, outspeak, put in a word or two, hold forth, make a speech, deliver a speech, speechify, harangue, declaim, stump, flourish, recite, lecture, sermonize, discourse, be on one's legs, have one's say, say one's say, spout, rant, rave, vent one's fury, vent one's rage, expatiate, speak one's mind, go on the stump, take the stump, soliloquize, tell, speak to, talk together, be eloquent, have a tongue in one's head, have the gift of the gab, pass one's lips, escape one's lips, fall from the lips, fall from the mouth.


Description

VB  describe, set forth, draw a picture, picture, portray, characterize, particularize, narrate, relate, recite, recount, sum up, run over, recapitulate, rehearse, fight one's battles over again, unfold a tale, tell, give an account of, render an account of, report, make a report, draw up a statement, detail, enter into particulars, enter into details, descend to particulars, descend to details, itemize.


Numeration

VB  number, count, tally, tell, call over, run over, take an account of, enumerate, muster, poll, recite, recapitulate, sum, sum up, cast up, tell off, score, cipher, compute, calculate, suppute, add, subtract, multiply, divide, extract roots, algebraize, check, prove, demonstrate, balance, audit, overhaul, take stock, affix numbers to, page, amount to, add up to, come to.