All 3 Uses of
recite
in
The Phantom of the Opera
- "I shall never be able to recite my speech," she said.†
Chpt 1 *
- And they were already smiling rather too broadly upon Sorelli, who had begun to recite her speech, when an exclamation from that little madcap of a Jammes broke the smile of the managers so brutally that the expression of distress and dismay that lay beneath it became apparent to all eyes: "The Opera ghost!"†
Chpt 3
- And Mme. Giry, drawing herself up, recited the letter with touching eloquence: MADAM: 1825.†
Chpt 16
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.