Associations to the word «Recite»

Wiktionary

RECITE, verb. (transitive) To repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, often before an audience
RECITE, verb. (transitive) To list or enumerate something
RECITE, verb. (intransitive) To deliver a recitation

Dictionary definition

RECITE, verb. Recite in elocution.
RECITE, verb. Repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day".
RECITE, verb. Render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story".
RECITE, verb. Narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child".
RECITE, verb. Specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky