RECI'TE, v.t. [L. recito; re and cito, to call or name.] 1. To rehearse; to repeat the words of another or of a writing; as, to recite the words of an author or of a deed or covenant.2. In writing, to copy; as, the words of a deed are recited in the pleading.3. To tell over; to relate; to narrate; as to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.4. To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor. 5. To enumerate.RECI'TE, v.i. To rehearse a lesson. The class will recite at eleven o'clock.
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