RECITE

recite

(verb) repeat aloud from memory; “she recited a poem”; “The pupil recited his lesson for the day”

enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise

(verb) specify individually; “She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered”; “The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug”

tell, narrate, recount, recite

(verb) narrate or give a detailed account of; “Tell what happened”; “The father told a story to his child”

declaim, recite

(verb) recite in elocution

recite, retell

(verb) render verbally; “recite a poem”; “retell a story”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

recite (third-person singular simple present recites, present participle reciting, simple past and past participle recited)

(transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.

(transitive) To list or enumerate something.

(intransitive) To deliver a recitation.

Synonyms

• (repeat aloud): declaim, go through, spout

• (list or enumerate something): tabulate; see also tick off

Anagrams

• cerite, receit, tierce, tiercĂ©

Source: Wiktionary


Re*cite", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recited; p. pr. & vb. n. Reciting.] Etym: [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.

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. (Law)

Definition: To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5.

Syn.

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

Re*cite", v. i.

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

Re*cite", n.

Definition: A recital. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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HEEDLESS

(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”


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