Verb: recite ri'sIt
- Repeat aloud from memory
"she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"
- Speak eloquently with elocution
"She recited the poem with perfect diction";
- declaim
- Render verbally
"recite a poem";
- retell
- Narrate or give a detailed account of
"recite what happened";
- tell, narrate, recount, retail[2]
- Specify individually
"The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug";
- enumerate, itemize, itemise [Brit]
Derived forms: reciting, recited, recites
Type of: do, echo, execute, identify, inform, name, perform, recreate, re-create, repeat
Encyclopedia: Recite