Sample Sentences for
recite
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    I was actually required to do a lot more than simply recite dialogue.  (source)
    recite = say aloud (from memory)
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    MARY WARREN: Aye, but then Judge Hathorne say, "Recite for us your commandments!"  (source)
    Recite = say aloud from memory
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    You used to recite some, but I don't remember them.  (source)
    recite = say aloud (lines previously memorized)
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    The class recited the standard response in unison.  (source)
    recited = said aloud (from memory)
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    Some guys in school hardly ever get up to recite or go to the blackboard.  (source)
    recite = say or read aloud
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    It was hard to relax with Hermione next to you reciting the twelve uses of dragon's blood or practicing wand movements.  (source)
    reciting = saying aloud
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    He had practiced his recitation over and over, hour after lonely hour.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    Abuela knows each poem by heart, and recites them quite dramatically.  (source)
    recites = to say or read something aloud
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    Afterwards there were recitations of poems composed in Napoleon's honor, and a speech by Squealer giving particulars of the latest increases in the production of foodstuffs, and on occasion a shot was fired from the gun.  (source)
    recitations = the reading (or saying aloud from memory)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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    Old Granum was the deathbed watcher and Psalm reciter, feeble and ruination-faced, in Chinatown black alpaca and minute, slippered feet.†  (source)
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    He recited the alphabet for Zero, then Zero repeated it without a single mistake.  (source)
    recited = said out loud
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    She wanted to recite the poem to her class when school reopened.  (source)
    recite = say aloud
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    Even now, Dede hears her sister, reciting that poem she wrote in jail,  (source)
    reciting = to say or read something aloud
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