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Meanings of recite in English

Portuguese
narrar
Catalan
narrar
Spanish
narrar

Narrate or give a detailed account of.

narrar
Portuguese
enumerar
Catalan
enumerar
Spanish
enumerar

Specify individually.

enumerar
Portuguese
recitar
Spanish
recitar

Recite in elocution.

recitar
Catalan
narrar
Spanish
narrar

Render verbally, "recite a poem"

narrar
Synonyms
Examples for "declaim"
Examples for "declaim"
1
As a part of their rhetorical training they were taught to declaim.
Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem. A Novel
2
Grivet, annoyed at being forestalled, began to declaim with an emphatic gesture:
Theresa Raquin
3
Cæsar rose on a sudden, extended his hand, and began to declaim,-
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
4
Rugge's arm was raised, not indeed to strike, but rather to declaim.
What Will He Do with It? — Complete
5
The dialogue is absurdly pompous; these characters don't speak they declaim.
The Irish Times
Usage of recite in English
1
Nicole could still recite parts of her father's acceptance speech from memory.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
2
And he began to recite without relaxation the words of the creed.
Malayan Literature: Comprising Romantic Tales, Epic Poetry and R...
3
He used always to recite to me the acts of the deities.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
4
Joining their hands in reverence, they began to recite the Sata-rudriya Mantras.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
5
Listen to Rosen recite the poem on BBC Radio Four's PM programme.
BBC
6
He went to recite them to the principal just before train time.
Pushing to the Front
7
A complete failure; a declaration that one is not prepared to recite.
A Collection of College Words and Customs
8
They supposed he was about to recite the Office for the Dead.
The Life of St. Declan of Ardmore
9
Bellweather could almost recite from memory the many places Jack had lived.
The capitol game
10
I have been forbidden to recite-I ,thehead girl of the school.
"I Say No"
11
Once before him, Sadie should open the book and recite the incantation.
The red pyramid
12
Hear me recite those thousand and eight names of the great Sarva.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
13
O, hear me as I recite their stories to thee in detail.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
14
The crowd gathers round him, and calls on him to recite it.
Lays of Ancient Rome
15
The girl at the desk summoned him to recite his medical history.
The new yorker
16
We now recite those of the youth who was listening to him.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments — Volume 04
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Recite across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common