All 5 Uses of
recite
in
The Fountainhead
- She spoke on a single, level tone, as if she were reciting an austere catechism of faith.†
Chpt 2.7 *
- "How is it going to stop him?" she asked in the tone one would use to recite a list of statistics.†
Chpt 2.12
- He had not wished a religious ceremony, which he did not respect, and he could have less respect for the state's functionary reciting a formula before him—but he made the rite an act of pure religion.†
Chpt 3.7
- But within an hour he found himself studying the joints of the paneling on the walls and reciting nursery rhymes in his mind.†
Chpt 4.9
- It was not a famous architect publicly confessing incompetence; it was a man reciting a memorized lesson.†
Chpt 4.18
Definition:
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(recite) to say or read something aloud -- especially something previously memorized such as a poem
or:
to say in detail -- especially a list of things