Usually means: Verbally repeat something from memory.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. recite: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. recite: Merriam-Webster
  3. recite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. recite: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. recite: Collins English Dictionary
  6. recite: Vocabulary.com
  7. Recite, recite: Wordnik
  8. recite: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. recite: Wiktionary
  10. recite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. recite: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. recite: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Recite, recite: Dictionary.com
  14. recite: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. recite: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Recite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Recite: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. recite: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. recite: Rhymezone
  20. recite: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. recite: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. recite: FreeDictionary.org
  23. recite: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. recite: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. recite: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. recite: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. RECITE: Acronym Finder
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(Note: See recited as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.
verb:  (transitive) To list or enumerate something.
verb:  (intransitive) To deliver a recitation.
verb:  Alternative spelling of re-cite (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography). [To cite again, as with a second or subsequent citation.]

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