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   recite

   /rɪˈsʌɪt/

   verb

   • 1. repeat aloud or declaim (a poem or passage) from memory before an audience: "he recited passages of Dante" Similar repeat from memorysay aloudread alouddeclaimquotespeakdeliverrenderintonechantspoutparrotsay parrot-fashiondavenrare:cantillateintonatebespoutgive a recitationsay a poemperforminformal:do one's party piece
   • ▪ say aloud (a series of names, facts, etc.): "she recited the dates and names of kings and queens" Similar enumeratelistdetailitemizereel offrattle offrecountrelatedescribenarrategive an account ofrun throughrecapitulaterepeatrehearsespecifyparticularizespell out

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a legal term in the sense ‘state (a fact) in a document’): from Old French reciter or Latin recitare ‘read out’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + citare ‘cite’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. reciter noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • R

     1

   • E

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   • C

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   • I

     1

   • T

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   • E

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