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  • I was actually required to do a lot more than simply recite dialogue.  (source)
    recite = say aloud (from memory)
  • You used to recite some, but I don't remember them.  (source)
    recite = say aloud (lines previously memorized)
  • Shen took the idea to heart, and after each jibe from the older boys, he had a group of four Launchies recite the words, loudly, five or six times.  (source)
    recite = say aloud
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  • The class recited the standard response in unison.  (source)
    recited = said aloud (from memory)
  • She can recite whole pages by memory.  (source)
    recite = to quote something from memory
  • 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
  • Odessa Freeman's Twas the Night before Christmas followed, and it was more than a simple recitation; it was a dramatic performance.  (source)
    recitation = saying from memory
    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.
  • Abuela knows each poem by heart, and recites them quite dramatically.  (source)
    recites = to say or read something aloud
  • 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.
  • Old Granum was the deathbed watcher and Psalm reciter, feeble and ruination-faced, in Chinatown black alpaca and minute, slippered feet.†  (source)
  • And thus the promise of our Saviour was accomplished by way of Vision: For it was a Vision, as may probably bee inferred out of St. Luke, that reciteth the same story (ch.†  (source)
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She reciteth" in older English, today we say "She recites."
  • He recited an Our Father silently.  (source)
    recited = said aloud from memory
  • MARY WARREN: Aye, but then Judge Hathorne say, "Recite for us your commandments!"  (source)
    Recite = say aloud from memory
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