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What does recite mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word recite? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, often before an audience
  2. (transitive) To list or enumerate something
  3. (intransitive) To deliver a recitation
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She had to recite the names of the months in English and the numbers, one, two, three to him.
For her audition she had to recite two drama pieces and perform three song and dance numbers.
The shrines in their homes are spattered with cooking fat and they recite a mantra in the same breath as they yell at a yak.
He didn't have a clue who I was, so was quite shocked when I leant across to recite his name and address.
We eat special food, we wear special clothes, we recite special words, our God's gonna beat up your God, boo yah.
It is sufficient for present purposes to recite a passage in the last of these judgments.

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