You are showing off your ability to recite, or repeat aloud from memory, when you say the entire text of "The Gettysburg Address" or name all the past winners of your town’s asparagus eating contest.
To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse;
Verb
repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"
Verb
specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"
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narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
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recite in elocution
Verb
render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story"
v. t.
To repeat, as something already prepared, written down,
committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed
document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of
an author, or of a deed or covenant.
v. t.
To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to
narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a
voyage.
v. t.
To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.
v. t.
To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5.
v. i.
To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an
audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a
lesson learned.
n.
A recital.
Recite
Recite
Recite
To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse;
To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.
A recital.
Usage Examples
Jews have deep respect for the Queen and the royal family. We say a prayer for them every Sabbath in synagogue. We recite a special blessing on seeing the Queen.
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Other Usage ExamplesIf we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after.
I think being self-referential is really narcissistic. Who's to say anybody's even thinking of you that much? But some of these movies that I've done, people still recite lines to me, even 20 years later.
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