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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.

One who recites; also, a book of extracts for recitation.

Named or quoted before.

Cited or quoted before or above. Arbuthnot.

Named or recited before. "The forerecited practices." Shak.

To recite erroneously.

Mentioned or recited before.

state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation. Suspended animation, temporary suspension of the vital functions, as in persons nearly drowned.

challenge. (b) To summon into service; as, to call out the militia. -- To call over, to recite separate particulars in order, as a roll of names. -- To call to account, to demand explanation of. -- To call to mind, to recollect; to revive in memory. -- To call to order, to request to come to order; as: (a) A publi…

To chant; to recite with musical tones. M. Stuart.

To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.

To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically. Chime his childish verse. Byron.

To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count. Burrill.

To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week.

A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play. A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues. Shak.

One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. [Obs.] Gower.

A reciter of gests or legendary tales; a story-teller. [Obs.] Minstrels and gestours for to tell tales. Chaucer.

To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.

One who composes and sings or recites rhymes and short poems extemporaneously. [Written also improvisatore.]

To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate. Pope.