Main Entry: re·cite

Pronunciation: \ri-ˈsīt\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): re·cit·ed; re·cit·ing

Etymology: Middle English, to relate, state, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French reciter, from Latin recitare to recite, from re- + citare to summon — more at cite

Date: 15th century

transitive verb 1 : to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
2 a : to relate in full <recites dull anecdotes> b : to give a recital of : detail <recited a catalog of offenses>
3 : to repeat or answer questions about (a lesson)intransitive verb 1 : to repeat or read aloud something memorized or prepared
2 : to reply to a teacher's question on a lesson

— re·cit·er noun