All 9 Uses of

recite
in
War and Peace

"A wonderful talent!" he said to Prince Andrew, and Magnitski immediately assumed a pose and began reciting some humorous verses in French which he had composed about various well-known Petersburg people.†
Chpt 6

Mademoiselle George will recite at my house tonight and there'll be some people, and if you don't bring your lovely girls—who are prettier than Mademoiselle George—I won't know you!†
Chpt 8

Mademoiselle George looked sternly and gloomily at the audience and began reciting some French verses describing her guilty love for her son.†
Chpt 8

After giving several recitations, Mademoiselle George left, and Countess Bezukhova asked her visitors into the ballroom.†
Chpt 8 *

The deacon came out onto the raised space before the altar screen and, holding his thumb extended, drew his long hair from under his dalmatic and, making the sign of the cross on his breast, began in a loud and solemn voice to recite the words of the prayer... "In peace let us pray unto the Lord."†
Chpt 9

Those he wrote about Gerakov: 'Lectures for the corps inditing'...Recite them, recite them!" said he, evidently preparing to laugh.†
Chpt 10

Those he wrote about Gerakov: 'Lectures for the corps inditing'...Recite them, recite them!" said he, evidently preparing to laugh.†
Chpt 10

Kaysarov recited....Kutuzov smilingly nodded his head to the rhythm of the verses.†
Chpt 10

Definitions:

(1) (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
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

The noun form, recitation, normally refers to the act of reciting or to what was recited; however, much more rarely, it can refer to a session in which a teaching assistant reviews and expands on a teacher's lecture.