All 5 Uses
recite
in
The Devil's Arithmetic
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- She got that faraway look that signaled she was about to recite another part of the family saga.†
Chpt 2
- "A yahrzeit for all the beloved dead, a grace for all the beloved living," Aunt Eva always whispered to Hannah before reciting the Hebrew prayers.†
Chpt 2
- See, my almost-sister-in-law, the child was just reciting a story.†
Chpt 9
- It was obvious she had recited these same words to each group of newcomers, yet her voice held a sweetness and a patience quite out of keeping with the information she delivered.
Chpt 13 *recited = said aloud
- Gitl began reciting the Kaddish, rocking back and forth on the sleeping shelf with the sonorous words, and the prayer was like the tolling of a death bell.†
Chpt 15
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) 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.