The Meaning of recite

• (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.

Synonyms

Narrate , recapitulate , say by heart , repeat , rehearse , quote , speak , tell , recount , enumerate.

Antonyms

Misquote , misdeliver , misrecount , misrenumerate , misrepresent.

Rhymes

acolyte , airtight , alight , allright , alright , ammonite , andesite , anorthite , anthracite , apartheid , apatite , appetite , arkwright , backbite , beit , bentonite , bight , biotite , birthright , bite , blight , boatwright , bright , brite , brucite , bullfight , byte , calcite , calite , campsite , canaanite , candlelight , carmelite , cartwright , cite , clevite , clyte , contrite , copyright , copywrite , cryolite , daylight , de-excite , delight , despite , dight , diorite , disinvite , displaywrite , dogfight , dolomite , downright , dunite , dwight , dynamite , ebright , enright , enwright , epsomite , erudite , exabyte , excite , expedite , extradite , eyesight , fahrenheit , fight , finite , fite , flashlight , flight , flite , floodlight , fluorite , flyte , footlight , foresight , forthright , fortnight , franklinite , fright , frostbite , fulbright , gametophyte , gigabyte , goodnight , granulocyte , graphite , gunfight , headlight , height , heit , hematite , hemimorphite , hermaphrodite , hiett , highlight , hight , hindsight , hite , hittite , hussite , ignite , impolite , incite , indict , indite , insight , invite , israelite , jacobite , jadeite , kilobyte , kite , knight , kyte , lafite , lazulite , leukocyte , light , lignite , limelight , limonite , lite , lucite , luddite , lymphocyte , macknight , magnesite , magnetite , maronite , masonite , mccright , mcknight , mcwright , megabyte , mennonite , meteorite , midnight , might , minorite , mite , monzonite , moonlight , muscovite , neophyte , niccolite , night , niobite , nite , nonwhite , onsite , outright , overexcite , overflight , overnight , overnite , oversight , overwrite , parasite , pegmatite , phlogopite , phosphorite , playwright , plebiscite , plight , polite , quite , recondite , reignite , reunite , rewrite , right , rite , riunite , satellite , satterwhite , scheidt , searchlight , seawright , selenite , semi-height , shiite , shipwright , sight , site , skite , skylight , skylite , sleight , slight , smite , snakebite , socialite , spite , sporophyte , spotlight , sprite , starlight , sticktight , stoplight , streit , strite , suburbanite , sulfite , sunlight , sunlite , sylvite , tight , tonight , tonite , tripartite , trite , twilight , twite , underwrite , unite , upright , uptight , urbanite , wainwright , watertight , website , wheelwright , white , whyte , wight , wright , write , zeit