recited

verbread out loud; narrate

Antonyms for recited

Word Origin & History

early 15c., from Old French reciter (12c.) and directly from Latin recitare "read aloud, read out, repeat from memory, declaim," from re- "back, again" (see re-) + citare "to summon" (see cite). Related: Recited; reciting.

Example Sentences forrecited

Because you recited that doggerel about The Run of Crusader.

Neither he nor the men to whom he recited or sang would have understood that mood.

He recited poetry badly, but adored hearing it well recited.

You could have recited the Gettysburg Address and we'd never have known until it returned.

At Mr. Sheridan's earnest entreaties, I recited some passages from Shakespeare.

She recited, before the notary, the lesson which it had pleased her son to teach her.

The Offertory having been recited, the priest uncovered the chalice.

The genealogies which you have recited to us out of your own annals, Solon, are a mere children's story.

And all of a sudden he recited some verses of Alfred de Musset.

Have you, then, already forgotten the verses you recited for me just now?

recited

repeated

reported

recited

More words related to recited

quoted

repeated

reported