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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recite \Re*cite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recited}; p. pr & vb
n. {Reciting}.] [F. r['e]citer, 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) To state in or as a recital. See {Recital}, 5.
Syn: To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe;
recapitulate; detail; number; count
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