FromMiddle Englishreciten, fromOld Frenchreciter, fromLatinrecitare.

• IPA^(key):/ɹɪˈsaɪt/

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• Rhymes:-aɪt

recite (third-person singular simple presentrecites,present participlereciting,simple past and past participlerecited)

1. (transitive) Torepeataloud (somepassage,poem or othertextpreviouslymemorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before anaudience.

   Janice is able torecite pi to 100 decimals.

2. (transitive) Tolist orenumerate something.
3. (intransitive) Todeliver arecitation.

• (repeat aloud):declaim,go through,spout
• (list or enumerate something):tabulate; see alsoThesaurus:tick off

• recit
• recitation

Fromre- +‎cite.

• IPA^(key):/ˌɹiˈsaɪt/

recite (third-person singular simple presentrecites,present participlereciting,simple past and past participlerecited)

2. Alternative spelling ofre-cite(which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needlesshomography).

• cerite,receit,tierce,tiercé

recite f

1. plural ofrecita

recite

1. inflection ofrecitar:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative

recite

1. inflection ofrecitar:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative