Definition of: recite

(ri·sīt′) v. ·cit·ed, ·cit·ing v.t.
1. To declaim or say from memory, especially formally, as a lesson in class.
2. To tell in particular detail; relate.
3. To enumerate.
—v.i.
4. To declaim or speak something from memory.
5. To repeat or be examined in a lesson or part of a lesson in class. See synonyms under RELATE. [<F réciter <L recitare <re- again + citare. See CITE.]
—re·cit′er noun