RECITES

Verb

recites

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recite

Anagrams

• cerites, crestie, receits, tierces

Source: Wiktionary


RECITE

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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26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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