Word Meaning

recite definition and meaning

v. t. 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.
v. t. To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.
v. t. To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.
v. t. To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5.
v. i. To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.
n. A recital.

Crossword clues for recite

- About to quote, say, from memory
- Perform a poem
- Reel off
- Repeat from memory
- Uter aloud