ENGLISH: recite - CREOLE: resite



Overview of verb recite



The verb recite has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (2) declaim, recite -- (recite in elocution)

2. (2) recite -- (repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day")

3. recite, retell -- (render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story")

4. tell, narrate, recount, recite -- (narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child")

5. enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise -- (specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug")

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