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Meaning of recite

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  recite
      v 1: recite in elocution [syn: {declaim}, {recite}]
      2: repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil
         recited his lesson for the day"
      3: render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story" [syn:
         {recite}, {retell}]
      4: narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened";
         "The father told a story to his child" [syn: {tell},
         {narrate}, {recount}, {recite}]
      5: specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she
         had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible
         side effects of the drug" [syn: {enumerate}, {recite},
         {itemize}, {itemise}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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