Recite

v. t. [imp. & p. p. RECITED; p. pr. & vb. n. RECITING.] [Fr. réciter, Pr. & Sp. recitar, It. & Lat. recitare, from Lat. re, again, and citare, to call or name, to cite, q. v.]

1. To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant.
2. To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.
3. To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.

Syn.—To rehearse; narrate; relate; describe; recapitulate; detail; number; count.