All 7 Uses of
recite
in
This Side of Paradise
- One day Tom and Amory tried reciting their own and Lord Dunsany's poems to the music of Kerry's graphophone.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- Don't recite!†
Chpt 1.2
- Kerry, who saw through his poetic patter to the solid, almost respectable depths within, was immensely amused and would have him recite poetry by the hour, while he lay with closed eyes on Amory's sofa and listened: "Asleep or waking is it?†
Chpt 1.2
- The next morning he met Burne hurrying along McCosh walk after a recitation.†
Chpt 1.4
- He had a vague recollection afterward of discussing French poetry with a British officer who was introduced to him as "Captain Corn, of his Majesty's Foot," and he remembered attempting to recite "Clair de Lune" at luncheon; then he slept in a big, soft chair until almost five o'clock when another crowd found and woke him; there followed an alcoholic dressing of several temperaments for the ordeal of dinner.†
Chpt 2.2
- He used to go for far walks by himself—and wander along reciting "Ulalume" to the corn-fields, and congratulating Poe for drinking himself to death in that atmosphere of smiling complacency.†
Chpt 2.3
- Instead you can recite 'Ulalume' and I'll be Psyche, your soul.†
Chpt 2.3
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.