Recite

rē-sīt′, v.t. to read aloud from paper, or repeat from memory: to narrate: to give the particulars of.— v.i. to rehearse in public.— ns. Recī′tal , act of reciting: rehearsal: that which is recited: a narration: a vocal or instrumental performance, as a piano recital: ( law ) that part of a deed which recites the circumstances; Recitation (res-i-tā′shun), act of reciting: a public reading: rehearsal; Recitā′tionist , a public reciter; Recitative (-tēv′), ( mus. ) a style of song resembling declamation, a kind of union of song and speech.— adj. in the style of recitative.— adv. Recitative′ly , in the manner of recitative.— ns. Recit at i′vo ( mus. ), recitative; Recit′er ; Recit′ing-note , a note in chanting on which several syllables are sung. [Fr. réciter —L. recitāre —L. re- , again, citāre , -ātum , to call.]