v.
Pronunciation: ri- ' s ī t
Function: verb
Inflected Form: re · cit · ed ; re · cit · ing
Etymology: Middle English, to relate, state, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French reciter, from Latin recitare to recite, from re- + citare to summon ― more at CITE
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1 : to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
2 a : to relate in full < recite s dull anecdotes> b : to give a recital of : DETAIL < recited a catalog of offenses>
3 : to repeat or answer questions about (a lesson)
intransitive verb
1 : to repeat or read aloud something memorized or prepared
2 : to reply to a teacher's question on a lesson
– re · cit · er noun