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recite.

To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɹɪˈsaɪt/
  1. To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.

    transitive
    Janice is able to recite pi to 100 decimals.
  2. To list or enumerate something.

    transitive
  3. To deliver a recitation.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English reciten, from Old French reciter, from Latin recitō.

verb/ˌɹiˈsaɪt/
  1. Alternative spelling of re-cite (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography).

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English cite English recite From re- + cite.

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