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recite

(r/I/'s/aI/t )

recite in elocution(verb.communication)

Synonym:
declaim

source: wordnet30
repeat aloud from memory(verb.communication)

Example:
She recited a poem.
The pupil recited his lesson for the day.

source: wordnet30
render verbally,(verb.creation)

Example:
Recite a poem.

Synonym:
retell

source: wordnet30
narrate or give a detailed account of(verb.communication)

Synonym:
narrate, recount, tell

source: wordnet30
specify individually(verb.communication)

Example:
The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug.

Synonym:
enumerate, itemise, itemize

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.(verb)

source: webster1913

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