recite

  • 21recite — [15] Recite came, probably via Old French reciter, from Latin recitāre ‘read out’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re ‘back, again’ and citāre ‘call, summon’ (source also of English cite, excite, incite, etc). Recitative ‘speech… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 22recite — verb 1) he began to recite verses of the Koran Syn: repeat from memory, say aloud, declaim, quote, deliver, render 2) he stood up and started reciting Syn: give a recitation, say a poem 3) Sir John recited the facts they kn …

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  • 23recite — verb 1) he began to recite the Koran Syn: quote, say, speak, read aloud, declaim, deliver, render 2) Sir John recited the facts Syn: recount, list, detail, reel off …

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  • 24recite — To state in a written instrument facts connected with its inception, or reasons for its being made. Also to quote or set forth the words or the contents of some other instrument or document; as, to recite a statute …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 25recite — To set forth in detail. The statute requiring a sheriff s deed to recite the execution is not fulfilled by referring to such execution. Ogden v Walters, 12 Kan 282, 285 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 26recite — [15] Recite came, probably via Old French reciter, from Latin recitāre ‘read out’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re ‘back, again’ and citāre ‘call, summon’ (source also of English cite, excite, incite, etc). Recitative ‘speech… …

    Word origins

  • 27recite a spell — index invoke Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 28recite an incantation — index invoke Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 29recite — verb /ɹɪˈsaɪt/ a) To repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, often before an audience b) To list or enumerate something See Also …

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  • 30recite — Synonyms and related words: add up, affirm, allege, allegorize, assert, asseverate, aver, battologize, cast up, chronicle, cipher up, commit to memory, con, count, count up, debate, declaim, declare, demagogue, describe, detail, elocute,… …

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