All 5 Uses of
recite
in
Night, by Elie Wiesel
- Someone began to recite Kaddish, the prayer for the dead.†
p. 33.5 *
- I don't know whether, during the history of the Jewish people, men have ever before recited Kaddish for themselves.†
p. 33.5
- Each of us recited Kaddish for his parents, for his children, and for himself.†
p. 68.6
- He recited entire pages from the Talmud, arguing with himself, asking and answering himself endless questions.†
p. 76.7
- No one recited Kaddish over them.†
p. 92.1
Definitions:
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(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.