Both Uses
recite
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My Mother, Literature ... Two Halves
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- She never recited poetry to me as she brushed and braided my hair.†
Chpt 1 *
- That year my language arts teacher, who looked very much like Margaret Thatcher, asked the class to memorize and recite a poem of our choice.†
Chpt 2
Definitions:
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(1)
(recite) to say or read something aloud -- especially something previously memorized such as a poem
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to say in detail -- especially a list of things -
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(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.