RECITE


Meaning of RECITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ri-ˈsīt ]

verb

( 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.