a. Cited or quoted before or above. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Recited; p. pr. & vb. n. Reciting. ] [ F. réciter, fr. L. recitare, recitatum; pref. re- re- + citare to call or name, to cite. See Cite. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe; recapitulate; detail; number; count. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A recital. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who recites; also, a book of extracts for recitation. [ 1913 Webster ]